Frictional properties of saponite-rich gouge from a serpentinite-bearing fault zone along the Gokasho-Arashima Tectonic Line, central Japan

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 172-182

  Sone, Hiroki ^a   Shimamoto, Toshihiko ^b   Moore, Diane E ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault gouge; Frictional constitutive law; Metasomatism; Saponite; Serpentinite

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE LAW; FAULT GOUGE; METASOMATISM; SAPONITE; SERPENTINITE;

FRICTION; MINERALOGY; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

FAULTING;

BRECCIA; CONFINING PRESSURE; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ZONE; FRICTION; METASOMATISM; MINERAL; P-T CONDITIONS; PERMEABILITY; SAPONITE; SERPENTINITE; TECTONIC SETTING; TREMOLITE; VELOCITY PROFILE;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; MIE;

EID: 84859936908     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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