Experimental frictional heating of coal gouge at seismic slip rates: Evidence for devolatilization and thermal pressurization of gouge fluids

Tectonophysics

Volumn 424, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 109-118

  O'Hara, Kieran ^a   Mizoguchi, Kazuo ^b,c   Shimamoto, Toshihiko ^c   Hower, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Devolatilization; Fault gouge; High velocity friction; Slip weakening; Thermal pressurization

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS COAL; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT GOUGE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHEAR STRESS; SLIP RATE; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 33748195921     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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