Flash heating leads to low frictional strength of crustal rocks at earthquake slip rates

Science

Volumn 334, Issue 6053, 2011, Pages 216-218

  Goldsby, David L ^a   Tullis, Terry E ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERITY; EARTH STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FRICTION; HEAT FLOW; HEATING; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLIP RATE;

ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; FRICTION; GRANITE; HEATING; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SHEAR STRESS; VELOCITY;

CALIFORNIA; SAN ANDREAS; UNITED STATES;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 80054093584     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1207902     Document Type: Article

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