The influence of ambient fault temperature on flash-heating phenomena

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 828-835

  Passelègue, François X ^a,b   Goldsby, David L ^c   Fabbri, Olivier ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault temperature; Flash heating; Friction

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; FRICTION; SEISMOGRAPHS; VELOCITY;

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLASH HEATING; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; FRICTIONAL BEHAVIOR; FRICTIONAL HEATING; HIGH-VELOCITY FRICTIONS; MATERIAL PARAMETER;

HEATING;

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAULT; FRICTION; HEATING; MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VELOCITY;

EID: 84893678709     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058374     Document Type: Article

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