Rapid acceleration leads to rapid weakening in earthquake-like laboratory experiments

Science

Volumn 338, Issue 6103, 2012, Pages 101-105

  Chang, J C ^a   Lockner, D A ^b   Reches, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; DISPLACEMENT; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAULT ZONE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LABORATORY METHOD; NUCLEATION; SLIP; VELOCITY PROFILE;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; ENERGY; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; FRICTION; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; STEADY STATE; STRENGTH; VELOCITY;

EID: 84867219653     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1221195     Document Type: Article

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