Critical deformation rate of fracture zones

An experiment has demonstrated the consistency of characteristic velocity of the relative displacements of the walls of seismogenic fractures. Under different tectonic conditions, this parameter varies only within one order of magnitude: from n to 10n mm/yr. It is natural to suppose that such consis...

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Published in:Doklady earth sciences 2008-02, Vol.418 (1), p.132
Main Authors: Kocharyan, G G, Kulyukin, A A, Markov, V K, Markov, D V, Pernik, L M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Experiments
Geophysics
Plate tectonics
Studies
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Summary:An experiment has demonstrated the consistency of characteristic velocity of the relative displacements of the walls of seismogenic fractures. Under different tectonic conditions, this parameter varies only within one order of magnitude: from n to 10n mm/yr. It is natural to suppose that such consistency is determined not so much by the loading conditions (e.g., velocity of the displacement of plates in the plate tectonics models), but mainly by internal properties of the geological medium. In this work, the authors suggest a possible interpretation of this fundamental empirical law based on laboratory experiments.
ISSN:1028-334X
1531-8354
DOI:10.1007/s11471-008-1029-4