Frictional melt and seismic slip

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Nielsen, S ^a   Di Toro, G ^b   Hirose, T ^c,d   Shimamoto, T ^c,e  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAULT; FRICTION; LABORATORY METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK MECHANICS; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SLIP; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 40649128126     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005122     Document Type: Article

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