Friction falls towards zero in quartz rock as slip velocity approaches seismic rates

Nature

Volumn 427, Issue 6973, 2004, Pages 436-439

  Di Toro, Giulio ^a   Goldsby, David L ^b   Tullis, Terry E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; EARTHQUAKES; FRICTION; SHEAR STRESS; SILICA GEL;

SEISMIC SLIP;

QUARTZ;

SILICON DIOXIDE;

EARTHQUAKE; FRICTION; QUARTZ; SLIP;

ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; FRICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION;

EID: 0842264182     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02249     Document Type: Article

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