Nature of stress accommodation in sheared granular material: Insights from 3D numerical modeling

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 259, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 469-485

  Mair, Karen ^a   Hazzard, James F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Rocscience Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

earthquake mechanics; fault gouge; force chains; numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULTS; CONTACT FORCE DISTRIBUTIONS; EARTHQUAKE MECHANICS; FAULT GOUGE;

EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; TECTONICS; VISUALIZATION; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

ACTIVE FAULT; BOTTOM FRICTION; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT GOUGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; SHEAR STRESS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 34250806643     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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