Depth dependent strength of the fault gouge at the Atotsugawa fault, central Japan: A possible mechanism for its creeping motion

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 115-125

  Mizoguchi, Kazuo ^a   Fukuyama, Eiichi ^a   Kitamura, Keigo ^b   Takahashi, Miki ^c   Masuda, Koji ^c   Omura, Kentaro ^a  

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

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE EARTH   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atotsugawa fault; Creep; Earthquake cycle; Fault gouge; Friction experiment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CREEP; FRICTION; PRESSURE; TECTONICS; TEMPERATURE;

ATOTSUGAWA FAULT; EARTHQUAKE CYCLE; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT SLIP MODEL; FRICTION EXPERIMENT; PRESSURE-TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS;

GEOPHYSICS;

CREEP; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT SLIP; FRICTION; STRESS;

ASIA; ATOTSUGAWA FAULT ZONE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN;

EID: 33947524251     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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