Comparison of smectite- and illite-rich gouge frictional properties: Application to the updip limit of the seismogenic zone along subduction megathrusts

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 215, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 219-235

  Saffer, Demian M ^a   Marone, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault mechanics; Laboratory experiments; Seismogenic zone; Smectite illite; Subduction zones

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; FAULT GOUGE; ILLITE; SEISMICITY; SHALE; SMECTITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 0141919544     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00424-2     Document Type: Article

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