Frictional restrengthening in simulated fault gouge: Effect of shear load perturbations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B9, 2001, Pages 19319-19337

  Karner, Stephen L ^a,b   Marone, Chris ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAULT GOUGE; FRICTION; MICROMECHANICS; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 0034778083     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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