Conversion of Wet Glass to Melt at Lower Seismogenic Zone Conditions: Implications for Pseudotachylyte Creep
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DOI: 10.1002/2017gl075344
Abstract: Coseismic frictional melting and the production of quenched glass called pseudotachylyte is a recurring process during earthquakes. To investigate how glassy materials affect the postseismic strength and stability of faults, obsidian gouges were sheared under… read more here.
Keywords: glass; rheology; wet glass; glass melt ... See more keywords