Experimental evidence for the simultaneous formation of pseudotachylyte and mylonite in the brittle regime

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1143-1146

  Kim, Jong Wook ^a   Ree, Jin Han ^a   Han, Raehee ^a,c   Shimamoto, Toshihiko ^b,d  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE REGIME; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FAULT ROCK; FRICTIONAL HEATING; MOLTEN LAYERS; MYLONITES; PSEUDOTACHYLYTES; SEISMIC SLIPS; SIMULTANEOUS FORMATION;

DEFORMATION; FRICTION; SEISMOLOGY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; HALITE; KINEMATICS; MYLONITE; PSEUDOTACHYLITE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SLIP RATE;

EID: 78650076564     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31593.1     Document Type: Article

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