Grain size distribution and microstructures of experimentally sheared granitoid gouge at coseismic slip rates - Criteria to distinguish seismic and aseismic faults?

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-69

  Stünitz, Holger ^a   Keulen, Nynke ^b,d   Hirose, Takehiro ^c   Heilbronner, Renée ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cataclasite; Grain size; Microstructures; Rock deformation; Seismic deformation

Indexed keywords

ASEISMIC FAULTS; CATACLASITE; COSEISMIC SLIPS; DISPLACEMENT RATE; FAULT ZONE; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; GRAIN SHAPES; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HIGH VELOCITY; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; NORMAL STRESS; ROCK DEFORMATION; SEISMIC DEFORMATION; SLIP RATES; SLIP WEAKENING; SLOW DEFORMATION; SMALL GRAIN SIZE;

DEFORMATION; EXPERIMENTS; FRICTION; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); IGNEOUS ROCKS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR STRAIN; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRESSES; TRIBOLOGY;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

CATACLASITE; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISPLACEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAULT GOUGE; FRICTION; GRAIN SIZE; GRANITOID; MICROSTRUCTURE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SLIP RATE;

EID: 73449093125     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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