Shear behavior of DFDP-1 borehole samples from the Alpine Fault, New Zealand, under a wide range of experimental conditions

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1523-1535

  Ikari, Matt J ^a   Trütner, Sebastian ^a   Carpenter, Brett M ^b   Kopf, Achim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpine Fault; DFDP; Earthquake; Fault; Friction; ICDP; Scientific drilling

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; DRILLING; FAULT ZONE; FRICTION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC MOMENT; SHEAR STRESS; SLIP RATE;

ALPINE FAULT ZONE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84940954040     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-014-1115-5     Document Type: Article

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