Chlorite-smectite clay minerals and fault behavior: New evidence from the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) core

Lithosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 209-220

  Schleicher, A M ^a   van der Pluijm, B A ^b   Warr, L N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP; FRICTION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; OBSERVATORIES; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BRITTLE DUCTILE TRANSITIONS; DEFORMATION ZONE; EFFECTIVE NORMAL STRESS; FRICTIONAL PROPERTIES; FRICTIONAL STRENGTH; MINERAL FORMATION; PORE FLUID PRESSURE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT;

CLAY MINERALS;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CHLORITE; CREEP; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FLUID PRESSURE; INFILTRATION; MUDSTONE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SMECTITE;

CALIFORNIA; PARKFIELD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866276240     PISSN: 19418264     EISSN: 19474253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/L158.1     Document Type: Article

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