In situ frictional properties of San Andreas Fault gouge at SAFOD

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 956-967

  Coble, C G ^a   French, M E ^a   Chester, F M ^a   Chester, J S ^a   Kitajima, H ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

creep and deformation; Fault zone Rheology; Friction; Geomechanics

Indexed keywords

CREEP; GEOMECHANICS; STRAIN RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

CONSTITUTIVE PARAMETERS; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; CREEP AND DEFORMATIONS; EFFECTIVE NORMAL STRESS; FAULT ZONE; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; RATE AND STATE FRICTION; STRAIN-RATE STRENGTHENING EFFECTS;

FRICTION;

CREEP; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ZONE; FRICTION; GEOMECHANICS; RHEOLOGY; SAN ANDREAS FAULT;

CALIFORNIA; SAN ANDREAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924987089     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu306     Document Type: Article

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