Temperature estimates of coseismic heating in clay-rich fault gouges, the Chelungpu fault zones, Taiwan

Tectonophysics

Volumn 502, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 315-327

  Kuo, Li Wei ^a   Song, Sheng Rong ^a   Huang, Lin ^a   Yeh, En Chao ^b   Chen, Huei Fen ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chelungpu fault; Clay mineral; TCDP; Temperature estimates

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; BUDGET CONTROL; CLAY MINERALS; KAOLINITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETERS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOLYSIS;

AMORPHOUS ALUMINOSILICATE; CLAY MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES; EARTHQUAKE ENERGY BUDGET; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETERS; FRICTIONAL TEMPERATURE; HIGH-TEMPERATURE ACIDS; TCDP; THERMOGRAVIMETRY ANALYSIS;

FAULTING;

ALUMINOSILICATE; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEHYDROXYLATION; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; ESTIMATION METHOD; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ZONE; FRICTION; HEATING; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; KAOLINITE; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEISMIC ZONE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION;

CHELUNGPU FAULT ZONE; TAIWAN;

EID: 79953303599     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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