Frictional properties of natural fault gouge from a low-angle normal fault, Panamit Valley, California

Tectonics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Numelin, Tye J ^a,b   Marone, C ^a   Kirby, E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ZONE; FRICTION; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; NORMAL FAULT; STRAIN; STRESS; UPPER CRUST;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447108740     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005TC001916     Document Type: Article

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