Record of mega-earthquakes in subduction thrusts: The black fault rocks of pasagshak point (Kodiak Island, Alaska)

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 1280-1297

  Meneghini, F ^a,e   Di Toro, G ^b,c   Rowe, C D ^d   Moore, J C ^e   Tsutsumi, A ^f   Yamaguchi, A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATACLASITE; CHEMICAL CONTENT; FAULT ROCK; FRICTION MELT; GRAINSIZE; GRANULAR FLOWS; MATRIX; MICRO TEXTURE; MICRO-SCALES; MICROLAYERS; MICROLITES; MICRON SCALE; MINERAL COMPOSITION; MULTIPLE PULSE; PHYLLOSILICATE; PSEUDOTACHYLYTES; SEISMIC SLIPS; SUBDUCTION THRUST; TECTONIC SETTINGS; THICK COMPOSITES; ULTRAFINE; X RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; FELDSPAR; FLUIDIZATION; FRICTION; MINERALS; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SETTING; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TEXTURES; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CATACLASITE; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DECOLLEMENT; DEFORMATION; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MELANGE; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST FAULT;

ALASKA; KODIAK ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954022327     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30049.1     Document Type: Article

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