Pseudotachylytes: Rarely generated, rarely preserved, or rarely reported?

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 382-388

  Kirkpatrick, James D ^a   Shipton, Z K ^a   Persano, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSCOPES;

DYNAMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE PROCESS; FAULT GROWTHS; FAULT ROCKS; FAULT ZONES; PSEUDOTACHYLYTE; PSEUDOTACHYLYTES; SEISMIC SLIPS; SIERRA NEVADA;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; FAULT ZONE; PSEUDOTACHYLITE; SLIP RATE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60749125444     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120080114     Document Type: Article

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