Research redefines the properties of faults when rock melts
Liverpool, UK (SPX) Jul 01, 2015 - Geoscientists at the University of Liverpool have used friction experiments to investigate the processes of fault slip. Fault slip occurs in many natural environments - including during earthquakes - when large stress build-ups are rapidly released as two sliding tectonic plates grinds together. In this process a large amount of the energy released can be converted to heat, that leads to frictio ... more
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