Force chains seismogenic faults visualized with photoelastic granular shear experiments

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Daniels, Karen E ^a   Hayman, Nicholas W ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NORMAL FAULT; POWER LAW; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; SHEAR ZONE; STICK-SLIP;

EID: 58549100919     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005781     Document Type: Article

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