Constitutive properties of clayey fault gouge from the Hanaore fault zone, southwest Japan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Noda, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Shimamoto, Toshihiko ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DEFORMATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ZONE; FRICTION; HARDENING; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP RATE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 69249156534     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005683     Document Type: Article

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