Effect of humidity on granular friction at room temperature

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Frye, Kevin M ^a   Marone, Chris ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Humidity; Quartz; Rate and state dependent friction

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAULTING; FRICTION; GRANULAR MEDIUM; HUMIDITY; POROSITY; QUARTZ; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037880382     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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