Thermo-poro-mechanics of chemically active creeping faults: 3. the role of serpentinite in episodic tremor and slip sequences, and transition to chaos

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 4606-4625

  Poulet, T ^a   Veveakis, E ^a,b   Regenauer Lieb, K ^a,b   Yuen, D A ^c,d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

episodic tremor and slip; serpentinite dehydration; shear heating; subduction zone

Indexed keywords

CREEP; FAULT; GPS; HEATING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC SOURCE; SERPENTINITE; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THERMOMECHANICS;

CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84904614789     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JB011004     Document Type: Article

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