Laboratory study of fault healing and lithification in simulated fault gouge under hydrothermal conditions

Tectonophysics

Volumn 277, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 41-55

  Karner, Stephen L ^a   Marone, Chris ^a   Evans, Brian ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitutive equations; Fault; Friction; Pressure solution; Quartz

Indexed keywords

FAULT GOUGE; FAULT HEALING; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; LITHIFICATION; PRESSURE SOLUTION;

EID: 0031418954     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00077-2     Document Type: Article

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