Frictional properties of fault zone gouges from the J-FAST drilling project (Mw 9.0 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2691-2699

  Remitti, F ^a   Smith, S A F ^b   Mittempergher, S ^a   Gualtieri, A F ^a   Di Toro, G ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

amorphous; friction; J FAST project; smectite rich gouge; subduction zones; Tohoku Oki earthquake

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; FRICTION; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); TRIBOLOGY; VELOCITY;

2011 TOHOKU-OKI EARTHQUAKES; FRICTIONAL PROPERTIES; INTEGRATED OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; INTERMEDIATE VELOCITIES; J-FAST PROJECT; SMECTITES; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TOHOKU-OKI EARTHQUAKES;

FAULT SLIPS;

DEFORMATION; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT ZONE; FRICTION; PLATE BOUNDARY; RUPTURE; SLIP RATE;

EID: 84929513152     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063507     Document Type: Article

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