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Review article
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13 Nov 2020
Review article |
| 13 Nov 2020
| 13 Nov 2020
The physics of fault friction: insights from experiments on simulated gouges at low shearing velocities
Berend A. Verberne
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial
Science and Technology, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8567, Japan
Martijn P. A. van den Ende
Université Côte d'Azur, IRD, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte
d'Azur, Géoazur, France
Jianye Chen
Geoscience and Engineering Department, Delft University of Technology,
Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, the Netherlands
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Princetonlaan 4,
3584 CB Utrecht, the Netherlands
André R. Niemeijer
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Princetonlaan 4,
3584 CB Utrecht, the Netherlands
Christopher J. Spiers
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Princetonlaan 4,
3584 CB Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Global physics-based database of injection-induced seismicity I. Kivi et al. 10.5194/essd-15-3163-2023
- Influence of crustal lithology and the thermal state on microseismicity in the Wakayama region, southern Honshu, Japan S. Maeda et al. 10.1186/s40623-021-01503-3
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- Extracting microphysical fault friction parameters from laboratory and field injection experiments M. van den Ende et al. 10.5194/se-11-2245-2020
- Effects of phyllosilicate content on the slip behavior of fault gouge: Insights from room-temperature friction experiments on quartz–talc mixtures K. Hirauchi et al. 10.1016/j.tecto.2023.229845
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Short summary
The strength of fault rock plays a central role in determining the distribution of crustal seismicity. We review laboratory work on the physics of fault friction at low shearing velocities carried out at Utrecht University in the past 2 decades. Key mechanical data and post-mortem microstructures can be explained using a generalized, physically based model for the shear of gouge-filled faults. When implemented into numerical fault-slip codes, this offers new ways to simulate the seismic cycle.
The strength of fault rock plays a central role in determining the distribution of crustal...
