Signature of coseismic decarbonation in dolomitic fault rocks of the Naukluft Thrust, Namibia

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 333-334, Issue , 2012, Pages 200-210

  Rowe, Christie D ^a,b   Fagereng, Åke ^b   Miller, Jodie A ^c   Mapani, Ben ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Dolomite; Fault rocks; Fault weakening; Naukluft Nappe complex; Pressurization

Indexed keywords

CALCITE-CEMENT; CAMBRIANS; CARBONATE COATING; CATACLASITE; DECARBONATION; DOLOMITE; FAULT ROCK; FAULT SURFACES; FAULT WEAKENING; FLUID PRESSURES; FLUID-ROCK INTERACTION; FLUIDIZED GRANULAR FLOWS; FRICTION MELT; FRICTIONAL HEATING; GEOLOGICAL SETTING; GRAIN FLOW; K-FELDSPAR; LOW ASPECT RATIO; NAMIBIA; NAUKLUFT NAPPE COMPLEX; PORE FLUIDS; PSEUDOTACHYLYTES; SEISMIC SLIPS; SPATIAL EXTENT; SUBSEQUENT COOLING; THERMAL DISSOCIATION;

ASPECT RATIO; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; COATINGS; DISSOCIATION; FLUIDIZATION; FRICTION; PRESSURIZATION; QUARTZ; ROCKS; SEISMOLOGY; SILICATES;

FAULT SLIPS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DOLOMITE; FLUID PRESSURE; FLUIDIZATION; THRUST FAULT;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 84861133292     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.04.030     Document Type: Article

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