Reproduction of thermal pressurization and fluidization of clay-rich fault gouges by high-velocity friction experiments and implications for seismic slip in natural faults

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 359, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 267-285

  Ujiie, Kohtaro ^a,b   Tsutsumi, Akito ^c   Kameda, Jun ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DEHYDRATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT GOUGE; FLUIDIZATION; FRICTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHASE TRANSITION; SHEAR FLOW; SLIP; SLIP RATE; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 84055217401     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP359.15     Document Type: Article

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