Reduction in BET surface area of Nojima fault gouge with seismic slip and its implication for the fracture energy of earthquakes

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 117-138

  Sawai, Michiyo ^a   Shimamoto, Toshihiko ^b   Togo, Tetsuhiro ^a,c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

Author keywords

BET surface area; Energetics of seismic fault motion; High velocity friction; Nojima fault; Seismic fault motion

Indexed keywords

BET SURFACE AREA; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ROCK; FAULT ZONE; FRICTIONAL MELTING; GRAIN CRUSHING; GRAIN SURFACE; HIGH VELOCITY; MICROSTRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS; NOJIMA FAULT; NORMAL STRESS; PER UNIT; SEISMIC FAULTS; SEISMIC SLIPS; SEISMOGENIC FAULT MOTION; SLIP RATES; SLIP ZONES; SMECTITES;

CRUSHING; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; EXPERIMENTS; FRACTURE ENERGY; FRICTION; KAOLINITE; QUARTZ; WELDING;

FAULT SLIPS;

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ZONE; FRICTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; OUTCROP; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC ZONE; SLIP RATE; STRESS; SURFACE AREA;

AWAJI; HONSHU; HYOGO; JAPAN; KINKI;

EID: 84859932552     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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