Frictional behavior and its seismological implications within thrusts in the shallow portion of an accretionary prism

Tectonophysics

Volumn 456, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 163-170

  Hirono, Tetsuro ^a   Mukoyoshi, Hideki ^b   Tanikawa, Wataru ^c   Noda, Hiroyuki ^d   Mizoguchi, Kazuo ^e   Shimamoto, Toshihiko ^f  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MARINE WORKS JAPAN LTD   (Japan)

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

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^f HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accretionary prism; Fault mechanics; Frictional property; Laboratory rock experiments; Seismogenic zone

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; FRICTION; NORMAL FAULT; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOLOGY; SEISMOTECTONICS; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST;

EID: 48749118238     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.04.015     Document Type: Article

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