Frictional properties and sliding stability of the San Andreas fault from deep drill core

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 759-762

  Carpenter, B M ^a   Saffer, D M ^a   Marone, C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CONSTITUTIVE PROPERTIES; DEEP DRILLING; DRILL CORE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT STRANDS; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; FRICTION VALUES; FRICTIONAL BEHAVIOR; FRICTIONAL PROPERTIES; FRICTIONAL STRENGTH; LOW RATES; REPEATING EARTHQUAKE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SHARP INCREASE; SLIDING STABILITY; STRESS ORIENTATIONS; TECTONIC FAULTS;

CORE DRILLING; CREEP; EARTHQUAKES; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

FRICTION;

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT GEOMETRY; FRICTION; RUPTURE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLIP RATE; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STRESS FIELD; TECTONIC SETTING; WALL ROCK;

CALIFORNIA; SAN ANDREAS; UNITED STATES;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84866159192     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G33007.1     Document Type: Article

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