Microslips as precursors of large slip events in the stick-slip dynamics of sheared granular layers: A discrete element model analysis

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 4194-4198

  Ferdowsi, B ^a,b   Griffa, M ^b   Guyer, R A ^c,d   Johnson, P A ^c   Marone, C ^e   Carmeliet, J ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

discrete element modeling; microslips; precursory activity; sheared granular layer; stick slip dynamics

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELING; GRANULAR LAYER; GRANULAR PACKINGS; MICROSLIPS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; STICK-SLIP BEHAVIOR; STICK-SLIP DYNAMICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISCRETE ELEMENT METHODS;

GRANULAR MATERIALS; SLIP FORMING;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; EMERGENCE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SLIP; STICK-SLIP; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84881625270     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50813     Document Type: Article

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