A fault constitutive relation accounting for thermal pressurization of pore fluid

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Andrews, D J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid pressure; Frictional heating; Thermal pressurization

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FLUID PRESSURE; POREWATER; SEISMICITY; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 0038066129     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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