From field geology to earthquake simulation: A new state-of-The-art tool to investigate rock friction during the seismic cycle (SHIVA)

Rendiconti Lincei

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 95-114

  Di Toro, Giulio ^a,b   Niemeijer, André ^a   Tripoli, Antonino ^c   Nielsen, Stefan ^a   Di Felice, Fabio ^a   Scarlato, Piergiorgio ^a   Spada, Giuseppe ^d   Alessandroni, Roberto ^d   Romeo, Giovanni ^a   Di Stefano, Giuseppe ^a   Smith, Steven ^a   Spagnuolo, Elena ^a   Mariano, Sofia ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Meccanica Progettazione Prototipi ^*  (Italy)

^d RMP Meccanica Progettazione Prototipi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adamello; Earthquakes; Fault rocks; Faults; Rock friction experiments; SHIVA

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BUDGET CONTROL; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; FAULTING; FRICTION; ROCK PRODUCTS; VELOCITY;

ADAMELLO; DEFORMATION CONDITIONS; EARTHQUAKE ENERGY BUDGET; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE PARAMETERS; FAULT ROCK; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROCESS; ROCK FRICTIONS; SHIVA;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 79960488363     PISSN: 20374631     EISSN: 17200776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12210-010-0097-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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