Amorphous material in SAFOD core samples (San Andreas Fault): Evidence for crush-origin pseudotachylytes?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Janssen, C ^a   Wirth, R ^a   Rybacki, E ^a   Naumann, R ^a   Kemnitz, H ^a   Wenk, H R ^b   Dresen, G ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT MATRIX; AMORPHOUS PHASIS; MATRIX; PSEUDOTACHYLYTES; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SILICA CONTENT;

CORE SAMPLES; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS;

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; BOREHOLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLAST; FELDSPAR; MELTING; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SILICA; SLICKENSIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 75749134827     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040993     Document Type: Article

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