Articles | Volume 12, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-595-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-595-2021
Research article
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05 Mar 2021
Research article |  | 05 Mar 2021

Frictional properties and microstructural evolution of dry and wet calcite–dolomite gouges

Matteo Demurtas, Steven A.F. Smith, Elena Spagnuolo, and Giulio Di Toro

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We performed shear experiments on calcite–dolomite gouge mixtures to better understand the behaviour of carbonates during sub-seismic to seismic deformation in the shallow crust. The development of a foliation in the gouge was only restricted to coseismic sliding, whereas fluidisation occurred over a wide range of slip velocities (sub-seismic to coseismic) in the presence of water. These observations will contribute to a better interpretation of the rock record.