Does shear heating of pore fluid contribute to earthquake nucleation?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Segall, Paul ^a   Rice, James R ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DILATANCY; FLUID PRESSURE; FRICTION; HEATING; NUCLEATION; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP RATE;

EID: 33845591476     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB004129     Document Type: Article

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