High-pressure mechanical instability in rocks
Science
By: J.D. Byerlee and W.F. Brace
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Abstract
At a confining pressure of a few kilobars, deformation of many sedimentary rocks, altered mafic rocks, porous volcanic rocks, and sand is ductile, in that instabilities leading to audible elastic shocks are absent. At pressures of 7 to 10 kilobars, however, unstable faulting and stick-slip in certain of these rocks was observed. This high pressure-low temperature instability might be responsible for earthquakes in deeply buried sedimentary or volcanic sequences.
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Byerlee, J., Brace, W., 1969, High-pressure mechanical instability in rocks: Science, v. 164, no. 3880, p. 713-715, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.164.3880.713.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | High-pressure mechanical instability in rocks |
| Series title | Science |
| DOI | 10.1126/science.164.3880.713 |
| Volume | 164 |
| Issue | 3880 |
| Year Published | 1969 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Description | 3 p. |
| First page | 713 |
| Last page | 715 |