Carbon deposition during brittle rock deformation: Changes in electrical properties of fault zones and potential geoelectric phenomena during earthquakes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Mathez, E A ^a   Robets, J J ^b   Duba, A G ^a   Kronenberg, A K ^c   Karner, Stephen L ^d  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CARBON; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEPOSITION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GEOELECTRIC FIELD; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PORE PRESSURE; PRESSURE EFFECT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 61449139138     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005798     Document Type: Article

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