Particle dynamics simulations of rate- and state-dependent frictional sliding of granular fault gouge

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 161, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 1877-1891

  Morgan, Julia K ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact laws; Discrete element method; Fault friction; Granular shear zones; Particle dynamics

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT SLIP; FRICTION; SIMULATION;

EID: 4444342935     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-004-2537-y     Document Type: Article

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