Effects of clay content on the frictional strength and fluid transport property of faults

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Takahashi, Miki ^a   Mizoguchi, Kazuo ^b   Kitamura, Keigo ^c   Masuda, Koji ^a  

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

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CLAY; FAULT; FAULT GOUGE; FLUID FLOW; FRICTION; MONTMORILLONITE; PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE;

EID: 35348872596     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004678     Document Type: Article

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