Constraints on the stress state of the San Andreas Fault with analysis based on core and cuttings from San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) drilling phases 1 and 2

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Tembe, Sheryl ^a   Lockner, David ^b   Wong, Teng Fong ^c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ZONE; FRICTION; HEAT FLOW; PORE PRESSURE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SLIDING; STRESS;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84860560800     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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