Role of the brittle-ductile transition on fault activation

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 184, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 160-171

  Doglioni, C ^a,c   Barba, S ^b   Carminati, E ^a,c   Riguzzi, F ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brittle ductile transition; Chi Chi, Taiwan; Dilatancy; Earthquake; L'Aquila, Italy; Normal fault; Seismic cycle; Thrust

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; EARTHQUAKES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FAULT SLIPS; GEOPHYSICS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; SLIP FORMING; STICK-SLIP; STRAIN RATE;

BRITTLE DUCTILE TRANSITIONS; CHI-CHI , TAIWAN; DILATANCY; L'AQUILA, ITALY; NORMAL FAULTS; SEISMIC CYCLE; THRUST;

FAULTING;

ACTIVE FAULT; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; COSEISMIC PROCESS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; HANGING WALL; LOWER CRUST; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMICITY; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN RATE; UPPER CRUST;

AQUILA;

EID: 79952460617     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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