Effect of water on the frictional behavior of cohesive rocks during earthquakes

Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-30

  Violay, M ^a,f   Nielsen, S ^a,e   Gibert, B ^b   Spagnuolo, E ^a   Cavallo, A ^a   Azais, P ^b   Vinciguerra, S ^c   Di Toro, G ^a,d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE NUCLEATION; EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES; FLUID-ROCK INTERACTION; FRICTIONAL BEHAVIOR; FRICTIONAL MELTING; FRICTIONAL PROPERTIES; SEISMIC DEFORMATION; THEORETICAL ARGUMENTS;

EARTHQUAKES; FRICTION; MELTING; NUCLEATION; SILICATES;

ROCKS;

CARBONATE ROCK; DEFORMATION; FAULT; MARBLE; MELTING; NUCLEATION; RUPTURE; SEISMICITY; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT PROPAGATION; FRICTION; GABBRO; WATER;

EID: 84891700792     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G34916.1     Document Type: Article

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