Slip on 'weak' faults by the rotation of regional stress in the fracture damage zone

Slip on unfavourably oriented faults with respect to a remotely applied stress is well documented and implies that faults such as the San Andreas fault and low-angle normal faults are weak when compared to laboratory-measured frictional strength. If high pore pressure within fault zones is the cause...

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Main Authors: Faulkner, D., Mitchell, T., Healy, David, Heap, M.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2006
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11613

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