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Friction falls towards zero in quartz rock as slip velocity approaches seismic rates

Friction falls towards zero in quartz rock as slip velocity approaches seismic rates

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Friction falls towards zero in quartz rock as slip velocity approaches seismic rates

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Friction falls towards zero in quartz rock as slip velocity approaches seismic rates

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Nature (London), 2004-01, Vol.427 (6973), p.436-439

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English

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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An important unsolved problem in earthquake mechanics is to determine the resistance to slip on faults in the Earth's crust during earthquakes
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. Knowledge of coseismic slip resistance is critical for understanding the magnitude of shear-stress reduction and hence the near-fault acceleration that can occur during earthquakes, which affects t...

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Friction falls towards zero in quartz rock as slip velocity approaches seismic rates

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_80128245

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_80128245

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ISSN

0028-0836

E-ISSN

1476-4687

DOI

10.1038/nature02249

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