Role of fault gouge dilatancy on aseismic deformation transients

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Liu, Yajing ^a   Rubin, Allan M ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ZONE; P-WAVE; POISSON RATIO; PORE PRESSURE; S-WAVE; SHEAR STRAIN; SIMULATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 77958611168     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007522     Document Type: Article

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