Numerical investigation of the interplay between wall geometry and friction in granular fault gouge

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 878-896

  Rathbun, Andrew P ^a   Renard, François ^a,b   Abe, Steffen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

fault mechanics; friction; glacial mechanics; numeric modeling; roughness

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT GOUGE; FRICTION; GRANULAR MEDIUM; POROSITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR ZONE; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 84876932764     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50106     Document Type: Article

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