Effects of smectite to illite transformation on the frictional strength and sliding stability of intact marine mudstones

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Saffer, Demian M ^a   Lockner, David A ^b   McKiernan, Alex ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; CEMENTING (SHAFTS); CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FRICTION; MINERALOGY; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOGRAPHS; SHEARING;

CLAY MINERALOGY; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; COSEISMIC SLIPS; DEPTH RANGE; EARTHQUAKE NUCLEATION; FABRIC DEVELOPMENT; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; FRICTIONAL BEHAVIOR; FRICTIONAL STRENGTH; ILLITIZATION; IN-SITU; NORMAL STRESS; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; RATE PARAMETERS; SEISMOGENIC ZONES; SLIDING STABILITY; SMECTITES; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

CLAY MINERALS;

CALCITE; COSEISMIC PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FRICTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ILLITE; ILLITIZATION; MUDSTONE; NUCLEATION; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; PORE PRESSURE; QUARTZ; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMOLOGY; SLIDING; SLIP; SMECTITE; STRESS ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRANSFORMATION;

JAPAN;

EID: 84862197024     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051761     Document Type: Article

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