On the transient behavior of frictional melt during seismic slip

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Nielsen, S ^a   Mosca, P ^b   Giberti, G ^b   Di Toro, G ^a,c   Hirose, T ^d   Shimamoto, T ^e  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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

^e HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FRICTION; HEAT BALANCE; MASS BALANCE; MELT; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY; SLIDING;

EID: 77958142260     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB007020     Document Type: Article

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