Granular nanoparticles lubricate faults during seismic slip

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 599-602

  Han, Raehee ^a   Hirose, Takehiro ^b   Shimamoto, Toshihiko ^c   Lee, Youngmin ^a   Ando, Jun Ichi ^d  

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

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SIZE; DYNAMIC FRICTION; FAULT ZONE; FLASH HEATING; LUBRICATION PROCESS; MELT LUBRICATION; PERICLASE; SEISMIC SLIPS; SLIP RATES; SLIP ZONES; THERMAL PRESSURIZATION;

FRICTION; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); LUBRICATION; SEISMOLOGY;

NANOPARTICLES;

FAULT ZONE; FRICTION; PRESSURE; SEISMOLOGY; SLICKENSIDE; SLIP RATE;

EID: 79959222649     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31842.1     Document Type: Article

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