A RHEOLOGIC MODEL FOR WET CRUST APPLIED TO STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS Academic Article

abstract

• The strength and stability of crustal faults are not adequately addressed by the widely used two-mechanism rheologic models of the crust based on Byerlee's law and power law creep. Several distinct mechanisms of frictional slip are defined on the basis of variations in frictional behavior and microfabric of simulated fault gouge in laboratory experiments. State variable constitutive relations are used in a multiple-mechanism formulation to describe the rate and temperature dependence of three friction mechanisms in wet quartz gouge at elevated temperatures. This multimechanism description of friction is substituted for Byerlee's law in the two mechanism models to generate a multimechanism rheologic model for the crust. -from Author

authors

• Chester, Frederick

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

author list (cited authors)

• CHESTER, F. M.

citation count

• 154

complete list of authors

• CHESTER, FM

publication date

• July 1995

publisher

• American Geophysical Union (AGU)  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Solid Earth  Journal

keywords

• 37 Earth Sciences
• 3705 Geology
• 3706 Geophysics
• 40 Engineering

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1029/95JB00313

start page

• 13033

end page

• 13044

volume

• 100

issue

• B7

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1029%2F95jb00313