Nanocoatings of clay and creep of the San Andreas fault at Parkfield, California

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 667-670

  Schleicher, A M ^a   van der Pluijm, B A ^a   Warr, L N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CLAY COATING; CREEP BEHAVIORS; DAMAGE ZONES; DRILL HOLE; FAULT CREEP; FAULT ROCK; FAULT STRANDS; FAULT ZONE; FRACTURE SURFACES; FRICTIONAL SLIP; HIGH DENSITY; ILLITE-SMECTITE; INTERCONNECTED NETWORK; LAYERED COATINGS; MATRIX; MEASURED DEPTHS; MINERAL DISSOLUTION; MIOCENE; NANO-COATINGS; NUCLEATION SITES; OLDER FAULTS; PARTICLE SURFACE; PLIOCENE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SMECTITES; ULTRA-THIN; X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES;

COATINGS; CREEP; DISSOLUTION; HYDRATES; MINERALS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CLAY MINERALS;

ARGON ISOTOPE; CLAY MINERAL; CREEP; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; ILLITE; MUDSTONE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SMECTITE;

CALIFORNIA; PARKFIELD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955969539     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31091.1     Document Type: Article

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