Response of natural smectite to seismogenic heating and potential implications for the 2011 Tohoku earthquake in the Japan Trench

Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 755-758

  Schleicher, A M ^a,b   Boles, A ^a   van der Pluijm, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; FRICTION; GEOPHYSICS; HYDRATION;

2011 TOHOKU EARTHQUAKES; DRILLING PROJECTS; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; FRICTIONAL HEATING; HYDRATION STATE; TEMPERATURE HISTORY; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKES; X RAY DIFFRACTOMETERS;

HEATING;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; CREEP; FAULT SLIP; FAULT ZONE; HEATING; SEAFLOOR; SMECTITE; TEMPERATURE; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011;

JAPAN TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84936798247     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G36846.1     Document Type: Article

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