On the relation between fault strength and frictional stability

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-86

  Ikari, Matt J ^a   Marone, Chris ^a   Saffer, Demian M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE NUCLEATION; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT SLIP; FAULT STRENGTH; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; FRICTIONAL BEHAVIOR; FRICTIONAL STABILITY; FRICTIONAL STRENGTH; FRICTIONAL VELOCITY; FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM; KEY PARAMETERS; PHYLLOSILICATE; RATE DEPENDENCE; SEISMIC BEHAVIOR; SLIDING FRICTION; SLIP VELOCITY; TECTONIC FAULTS;

SHEAR STRAIN; STABILITY; STRENGTHENING (METAL); TRIBOLOGY; VELOCITY;

FRICTION;

CRITICAL STATE; DEFORMATION; FAULT GOUGE; NORMAL FAULT; SHEAR STRAIN; SLIP RATE;

EID: 78751495597     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31416.1     Document Type: Article

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