Ultracataclasite structure and friction processes of the Punchbowl fault, San Andreas system, California

Tectonophysics

Volumn 295, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 199-221

  Chester, Frederick M ^a   Chester, Judith S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataclasis; Earthquakes; Faulting; Friction; Structure

Indexed keywords

CATACLASITE; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT; FRICTION; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032582336     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00121-8     Document Type: Article

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