Auto-acoustic compaction in steady shear flows: Experimental evidence for suppression of shear dilatancy by internal acoustic vibration

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Van Der Elst, Nicholas J ^a   Brodsky, Emily E ^a   Le Bas, Pierre Yves ^b   Johnson, Paul A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; CONFINING PRESSURE; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEBRIS FLOW; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GRANULAR MEDIUM; LANDSLIDE; POROSITY; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR ZONE; STEADY FLOW; VIBRATION;

EID: 84867267307     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008897     Document Type: Article

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