Friction experiments on saturated sediments and their implications for the stress state of the Nankai and Barbados subduction thrusts

Marine Geology

Volumn 202, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 193-210

  Kopf, A ^a   Brown, K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barbados; Faulting; Friction; Nankai; Pore pressure; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

CLAY; ESTIMATION; INTERNAL FRICTION; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SEDIMENTS; SHEAR STRESS;

COLLEMENT ZONES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; FAULTING; FRICTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; PORE PRESSURE; SUBDUCTION; THRUST FAULT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); BARBADOS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; NANKAI TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0345166916     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00286-X     Document Type: Article

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