Rate and state dependent friction laws and the prediction of earthquakes: What can we learn from laboratory models?

Tectonophysics

Volumn 532-535, Issue , 2012, Pages 291-300

  Popov, V L ^a   Grzemba, B ^a   Starcevic, J ^a   Popov, M ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Creep; Earthquake prediction; Sliding friction; State variable; Static friction; Stick slip

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; CONTACT COMPLIANCE; EARTH'S CRUST; EARTHQUAKE MODELS; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FRICTION LAWS; INSTABILITY POINTS; INTERNAL STATE VARIABLES; LABORATORY MODELS; LABORATORY SCALE; LONG-TERM PREDICTION; REAL DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; SHORT TERM; SLIDING FRICTION; SLIDING VELOCITIES; STATE VARIABLES; STATE-DEPENDENT; STATIC FRICTION; STICK-SLIP BEHAVIOR; TRIBO SYSTEMS; UNIVERSAL BEHAVIORS;

CREEP; EARTHQUAKES; SLIP FORMING; STABILITY; STICK-SLIP; STICTION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRIBOLOGY;

FORECASTING;

CREEP; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FRICTION; MODELING;

EID: 84859109484     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.02.020     Document Type: Article

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