Strength evolution of a reactive frictional interface is controlled by the dynamics of contacts and chemical effects

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 341-344, Issue , 2012, Pages 20-34

  Renard, François ^a,b   Beauprĉtre, Sophie ^a   Voisin, Christophe ^a   Zigone, Dimitri ^a   Candela, Thibault ^a,c   Dysthe, Dag K ^b   Gratier, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault; Friction; Healing

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FAULT; FRICTIONAL INTERFACE; GROWTH CHARACTERISTIC; HEALING; HOLD TIME; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; NECK GROWTH; OPTICAL MONITORING; PULL-OFF FORCES; REACTIVE FLUIDS; SATURATED BRINES; SLIDING VELOCITIES;

EXPERIMENTS; FRICTION; MACHINERY; SURFACE TENSION;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

CHEMICAL REACTION; CREEP; FAULT; FRICTION; STRENGTH; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 84863458091     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.04.048     Document Type: Article

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