Micromechanisms of creep in clay-rich gouge from the Central Deforming Zone of the San Andreas Fault

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 827-849

  French, M E ^a,b   Chester, F M ^a   Chester, J S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

constitutive relations; deformation mechanisms; fault creep; SAFOD

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CREEP; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ZONE; MICROMECHANICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; STRAIN RATE; STRESS FIELD;

CALIFORNIA; SAN ANDREAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027948655     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JB011496     Document Type: Article

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