Can grain size sensitive flow lubricate faults during the initial stages of earthquake propagation?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 431, Issue , 2015, Pages 48-58

  De Paola, Nicola ^a   Holdsworth, Robert E ^a   Viti, Cecilia ^b   Collettini, Cristiano ^c,d   Bullock, Rachael ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamic weakening; Earthquake; Friction; Grain boundary sliding; Superplasticity; Viscous flow

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DEFORMATION; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); DISPLACEMENT CONTROL; DYNAMICS; EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; FRICTION; GEOPHYSICS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN BOUNDARY SLIDING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LUBRICATION; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; STRAIN RATE; SUPERPLASTICITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; CRYSTAL PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FINE-GRAINED CARBONATES; GRAIN SIZE SENSITIVE FLOW; GRAIN-BOUNDARY SLIDINGS; HIGH TEMPERATURE CREEP; LOW-DISLOCATION DENSITY;

FAULT SLIPS;

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GRAIN SIZE; MICROSTRUCTURE; P-T CONDITIONS; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP RATE; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 84938937311     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.09.002     Document Type: Article

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