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.