Dislocation Motion and the Microphysics of Flash Heating and Weakening of Faults during Earthquakes

Dislocation Motion and the Microphysics of Flash Heating and Weakening of Faults during Earthquakes

Earthquakes are the result of slip along faults and are due to the decrease of rock frictional strength (dynamic weakening) with increasing slip and slip rate. Friction experiments simulating the abrupt accelerations (>>10 m/s2), slip rates (~1 m/s), and normal stresses (>&g...

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Main Authors: Elena Spagnuolo, Oliver Plümper, Marie Violay, Andrea Cavallo, Giulio Di Toro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-07-01
Series:Crystals
Subjects:
earthquake mechanics
high speed rock deformation
dislocations
weakening mechanisms
calcite
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/6/7/83

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