Physicochemical processes of frictional healing: Effects of water on stick-slip stress drop and friction of granular fault gouge

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 4090-4105

  Scuderi, Marco M ^a   Carpenter, Brett M ^a,b   Marone, Chris ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Friction; Frictional Healing; granular material; pressure solution; Stick slip

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAULT ZONE; FRICTION; MICROMECHANICS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRESSURE SOLUTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLIDING; SLIP RATE; STRESS FIELD;

EID: 84902440896     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JB010641     Document Type: Article

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