Critical evaluation of state evolution laws in rate and state friction: Fitting large velocity steps in simulated fault gouge with time-, slip-, and stress-dependent constitutive laws

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 6365-6385

  Bhattacharya, Pathikrit ^a   Rubin, Allan M ^a   Bayart, Elsa ^b   Savage, Heather M ^c   Marone, Chris ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

earthquake nucleation; fault constitutive equations; rate and state friction; rock mechanics

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT GOUGE; FRICTION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 84945207597     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JB012437     Document Type: Article

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