Dynamic weakening of gouge layers in high-speed shear experiments: Assessment of temperature-dependent friction, thermal pressurization, and flash heating

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Kitajima, Hiroko ^a,b   Chester, Frederick M ^a   Chester, Judith S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAULT GOUGE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERMEABILITY; POREWATER; SHEAR STRESS; SLIP RATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 80052045548     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007879     Document Type: Article

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