Fault lubrication and earthquake propagation in carbonate rocks.
(2011)
Book Chapter
De Paola, N., Hirose, T., Mitchell, T., Di Toro, G., Viti, C., & Shimamoto, T. (2011). Fault lubrication and earthquake propagation in carbonate rocks. In R. I. Borja (Ed.), Multiscale and Multiphysics Processes in Geomechanics: Results of the Workshop on Multiscale and Multiphysics Processes in Geomechanics, Stanford, June 23–25, 2010 (153-156). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19630-0_39
Friction experiments performed on dolomite/calcite at conditions typical during the propagation of large earthquakes (slip velocities v > 1 m/s and displacements d > 1 m) show that the frictional strength of experimental faults decays exponentially f... Read More about Fault lubrication and earthquake propagation in carbonate rocks..