Dilatancy controlled spatiotemporal slip evolution of a sealed fault with spatial variations of the pore pressure

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 431-445

  Hillers, Gregor ^a,c   Miller, S A ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex slip evolution; Dilatancy hardening; Fluids and fault zones; Rate and state friction

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DILATANCY; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT ZONE; FRICTION; HARDENING; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDROMECHANICS; INFILTRATION; OVERPRESSURE; PORE PRESSURE; SLIP; SPATIAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 33845968157     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03167.x     Document Type: Article

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