Application of rate and state friction formalism and flash melting to thin permanent slip zones of major faults

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Sleep, Norman H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault core; Tribology; Flash melting; Dynamic rupture

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953152329     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002997     Document Type: Article

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