Observation and modeling of the suction pump effect during rapid dilatant slip

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Grueschow, Eric ^a   Kwon, Ohmyoung ^b   Main, Ian G ^b   Rudnicki, John W ^c  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SANDSTONE; DROPS;

SUCTION PUMP EFFECTS; AEOLIAN SANDSTONES; FAULT SURFACES; FRICTIONAL SLIDING; GRAIN DIAMETER; MAXIMUM PRESSURE DROPS; MEASURED RESULTS; PERMEABILITY PROPERTIES; UNDRAINED CONDITIONS;

GEOPHYSICS; PRESSURE DROP;

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT SLIP; PERMEABILITY; ROCK MECHANICS; SANDSTONE; SUCTION;

EID: 0042701619     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl015905     Document Type: Article

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