Constraining fault friction in oceanic lithosphere using the dip angles of newly-formed faults at outer rises

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 392, Issue , 2014, Pages 94-99

  Craig, Timothy J ^a,b   Copley, Alex ^a   Middleton, Timothy A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fault friction; Oceanic lithosphere; Outer rise; Rheology

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENTS OF FRICTION; EARTHQUAKE FOCAL MECHANISMS; FAULT FRICTION; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; LABORATORY STUDIES; LOW COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OUTER RISE;

EARTHQUAKES; FRICTION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RHEOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRIBOLOGY;

FAULTING;

DIP-SLIP FAULT; EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; FRICTION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; NORMAL FAULT; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; RHEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 84897621434     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.02.024     Document Type: Article

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