Laboratory observations of fault strength in response to changes in normal stress

Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Kilgore, Brian ^a   Lozos, Julian ^b   Beeler, Nick ^a,c   Oglesby, David ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT SHEAR; EARTHQUAKE HAZARD MITIGATION; EARTHQUAKE SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT STRENGTH; FAULT SURFACES; HIGH RESOLUTION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LOADING CONDITION; NORMAL STRESS; RUPTURE PROPAGATION; SHEAR RESISTANCES; SHOCK LOADINGS; SLIDING SURFACE; STEP CHANGES; TRANSMISSIVITY;

EARTHQUAKES; EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORIES; LOADING; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHOCK PROBLEMS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FAULTING;

EID: 84859902768     PISSN: 00218936     EISSN: 15289036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4005883     Document Type: Article

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