Frictional Properties and Microstructure of Calcite-Rich Fault Gouges Sheared at Sub-Seismic Sliding Velocities

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 171, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2617-2640

  Verberne, B A ^a   Spiers, C J ^a   Niemeijer, A R ^a   De Bresser, J H P ^a   De Winter, D A M ^a   Plumper O ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CRYSTALS; FRICTION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ION BEAMS; LIME; LIMESTONE; MIRRORS; NANOCRYSTALS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR BANDS; SHEAR FLOW; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TEXTURES; VELOCITY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; DRY AND WET CONDITIONS; EFFECTIVE NORMAL STRESS; FRICTIONAL PROPERTIES; FRICTIONAL STRENGTH; MIRROR-LIKE SURFACE; PORE-WATER PRESSURES; SUBCRITICAL CRACKING;

FAULT SLIPS;

CALCITE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FAULT GOUGE; LIMESTONE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASTICITY; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHEAR TEST; SLIP RATE; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 84918502254     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-013-0760-0     Document Type: Article

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