Influence of phyllosilicate mineral assemblages, fabrics, and fluids on the behavior of the Punchbowl fault, southern California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Solum, John G ^a   van der Pluijm, Ben A ^a   Peacor, Donald R ^a   Warr, Laurence N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fault behavior; Overprinting; Phyllosilicates; Punchbowl fault; San Andreas fault system

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FLUID FLOW; HYDROMECHANICS; MINERALOGY; PHYLLOSILICATE; RHEOLOGY; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

CALIFORNIA; PUNCHBOWL FAULT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042324182     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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