Effects of normal stress perturbations on the frictional properties of simulated faults

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Hong, Tiancong ^a   Marone, Chris ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Faulting; Friction; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347204554     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000821     Document Type: Article

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