California earthquakes: Why only shallow focus?
Science
By: W.F. Brace and J. D. Byerlee
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Abstract
Frictional sliding on sawcuts and faults in laboratory samples of granite and gabbro is markedly temperature-dependent. At pressures from 1 to 5 kilobars, stick-slip gave way to stable sliding as temperature was increased from 200 to 500 degrees Celsius. Increased temperature with depth could thus cause the abrupt disappearance of earthquakes noted at shallow depths in California.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | California earthquakes: Why only shallow focus? |
| Series title | Science |
| Volume | 168 |
| Issue | 3939 |
| Year Published | 1970 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Science |
| First page | 1573 |
| Last page | 1575 |
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