How phyllosilicate mineral structure affects fault strength in Mg-rich fault systems
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DOI: 10.1002/2017gl073055
Abstract: The clay mineralogy of fault gouges has important implications for the frictional properties of faults, often identified as a major factor contributing to profound fault weakness. This work compares the frictional strength of a group… read more here.
Keywords: strength; fault; mineral structure; fault strength ... See more keywords
Modulation of fault strength during the seismic cycle by grain-size evolution around contact junctions
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2019.05.004
Abstract: Abstract Earthquake prediction is fundamentally hampered by insufficient knowledge of the constitutive behavior of faults. Laboratory and theoretical work by Dieterich (1978) and Ruina (1983) formed the basis of rate-and-state friction, a constitutive framework that… read more here.
Keywords: grain size; strength; size evolution; fault strength ... See more keywords