The role of pressure solution creep in the ductility of the Earth's upper crust

JP Gratier, DK Dysthe, F Renard - Advances in geophysics, 2013‏ - Elsevier
The aim of this review is to characterize the role of pressure solution creep in the ductility of
the Earth's upper crust and to describe how this creep mechanism competes and interacts …

Scientific drilling into the San Andreas fault zone–an overview of SAFOD's first five years

M Zoback, S Hickman, W Ellsworth… - Scientific …, 2011‏ - sd.copernicus.org
The San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) was drilled to study the physical and
chemical processes controlling faulting and earthquake generation along an active, plate …

Effect of clay content and mineralogy on frictional sliding behavior of simulated gouges: Binary and ternary mixtures of quartz, illite, and montmorillonite

S Tembe, DA Lockner, TF Wong - Journal of Geophysical …, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
We investigated the frictional sliding behavior of simulated quartz‐clay gouges under stress
conditions relevant to seismogenic depths. Conventional triaxial compression tests were …

Frictional properties of shale reservoir rocks

AH Kohli, MD Zoback - Journal of geophysical research: solid …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
We performed laboratory friction experiments on shale samples from three hydrocarbon
reservoirs to assess compositional controls on fault slip behavior accompanying hydraulic …

Low strength of deep San Andreas fault gouge from SAFOD core

DA Lockner, C Morrow, D Moore, S Hickman - Nature, 2011‏ - nature.com
Abstract The San Andreas fault accommodates 28–34 mm yr− 1 of right lateral motion of the
Pacific crustal plate northwestward past the North American plate. In California, the fault is …

Talc-bearing serpentinite and the cree** section of the San Andreas fault

DE Moore, MJ Rymer - Nature, 2007‏ - nature.com
The section of the San Andreas fault located between Cholame Valley and San Juan
Bautista in central California creeps at a rate as high as 28 mm yr-1 (ref.), and it is also the …

Weakness of the San Andreas Fault revealed by samples from the active fault zone

BM Carpenter, C Marone, DM Saffer - Nature Geoscience, 2011‏ - nature.com
Understanding the strength and slip behaviour of tectonic faults is a central problem in
earthquake physics and seismic-hazard assessment,,,,,,,. Many major faults, including the …

High‐velocity frictional properties of a clay‐bearing fault gouge and implications for earthquake mechanics

N Brantut, A Schubnel, JN Rouzaud… - Journal of …, 2008‏ - Wiley Online Library
Frictional properties of natural kaolinite‐bearing gouge samples from the Median Tectonic
Line (SW Japan) have been studied using a high‐velocity rotary shear apparatus, and …

Fault rocks from the SAFOD core samples: implications for weakening at shallow depths along the San Andreas Fault, California

RE Holdsworth, EWE Van Diggelen, CJ Spiers… - Journal of Structural …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
The drilling of a deep borehole across the actively cree** Parkfield segment of the San
Andreas Fault Zone (SAFZ), California, and collection of core materials permit direct …

Nanocoatings of clay and creep of the San Andreas fault at Parkfield, California

AM Schleicher, BA van der Pluijm, LN Warr - Geology, 2010‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Mudrock samples were investigated from two fault zones at∼ 3066 m and∼ 3296 m
measured depth (MD) located outside and within the main damage zone of the San Andreas …