Stability and localization of rapid shear in fluid-saturated fault gouge: 2. Localized zone width and strength evolution
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Stability and Localization of Rapid Shear in Fluid-Saturated Fault Gouge, 2. Localized zone width and strength evolution
Field and laboratory observations indicate that at seismic slip rates most shearing is confined to a very narrow zone, just a few tens to hundreds of microns wide, and sometimes as small as a few microns. Rice et al. [2013] analyzed the stability of uniform shear in a fluid-saturated gouge material. They considered two distinct mechanisms to limit localization to a finite thickness zone, rate-s...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2169-9313
DOI: 10.1002/2013jb010711