The dependence of constitutive properties on temperature and effective normal stress in seismogenic environments

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 161, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 1895-1913

  Kato, Aitaro ^a,b   Yoshida, Shingo ^b   Ohnaka, Mitiyasu ^b,c   Mochizuki, Hiromine ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constitutive law; Seismogenic environments; Shear fracture experiments; Tsukuba granite

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT SLIP; STRESS CHANGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 4444324212     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-004-2538-x     Document Type: Article

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