The role of thermal pressurization and dilatancy in controlling the rate of fault slip

Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Segall, Paul ^a   Bradley, Andrew M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC EVENTS; EFFECTIVE NORMAL STRESS; EFFECTIVE STRESS; FAULT ZONE; GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS; LONG DURATION; PORE FLUID FLOW; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; QUIESCENT PERIOD; SHEAR RESISTANCES; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP SPEED; SLOW SLIP EVENTS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; THERMAL PRESSURIZATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PORE PRESSURE;

FAULT SLIPS;

EID: 84859882963     PISSN: 00218936     EISSN: 15289036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4005896     Document Type: Article

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