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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..

Fault lubrication during earthquakes (2011)
Journal Article
Di Toro, G., Han, R., Hirose, T., De Paola, N., Nielsen, N., Mizoguchi, K., …Shimamoto, T. (2011). Fault lubrication during earthquakes. Nature, 471(7339), 494-498. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature09838

The determination of rock friction at seismic slip rates (about 1 m s−1) is of paramount importance in earthquake mechanics, as fault friction controls the stress drop, the mechanical work and the frictional heat generated during slip. Given the diff... Read More about Fault lubrication during earthquakes.

Fault lubrication and earthquake propagation in thermally unstable rocks (2011)
Journal Article
De Paola, N., Hirose, T., Mitchell, T., Di Toro, G., Viti, C., & Shimamoto, T. (2011). Fault lubrication and earthquake propagation in thermally unstable rocks. Geology, 39(1), 35-38. https://doi.org/10.1130/g31398.1

Experiments performed on dolomite or Mg-calcite gouges at seismic slip rates (v > 1 m/s) and displacements (d > 1 m) show that the frictional coeffi cient μ decays exponentially from peak values (mp ≈ 0.8, in the Byerlee’s range), to extremely low st... Read More about Fault lubrication and earthquake propagation in thermally unstable rocks.