Earthquake slip weakening and asperities explained by thermal pressurization

Nature

Volumn 436, Issue 7051, 2005, Pages 689-692

  Wibberley, Christopher A J ^a   Shimamoto, Toshihiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MOTION ESTIMATION; STRESSES; TECTONICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

NATURAL EARTHQUAKES; SLIP WEAKENING; SLIP ZONE; TECTONIC STRESS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT;

ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; FLUID TRANSPORT; FRICTION; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 23644462460     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03901     Document Type: Article

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