A critical evaluation of crustal dehydration as the cause of an overpressured and weak San Andreas Fault

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 284, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 447-454

  Fulton, Patrick M ^a   Saffer, Demian M ^a   Bekins, Barbara A ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

dehydration; fault strength; metamorphism; overpressure; pore pressure; San Andreas Fault

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL EVALUATION; DEHYDRATION REACTIONS; EFFECTIVE NORMAL STRESS; FAULT STRENGTH; FAULT ZONE; FLUID FLOW MODELS; FLUID PRESSURES; FLUID PRODUCTION; FLUID SOURCES; METAMORPHISM; OVERPRESSURE; PERMEABILITY DISTRIBUTION; PLATE BOUNDARIES; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; THERMAL PRESSURIZATION; VERTICAL FAULT;

DEHYDRATION; DEWATERING; FLUIDS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; TECTONICS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEHYDRATION; FAULT ZONE; METAMORPHISM; OVERPRESSURE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PORE PRESSURE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SHEAR STRESS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 67650553141     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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