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Quasi-static fault growth and shear fracture energy in granite

19911,041 citationsJournal Article

Authors

D. A. Lockner · United States Geological Survey

J. D. Byerlee · United States Geological Survey

V. S. Kuksenko · Physico-Technical Institute

А. В. Пономарев · Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth

A. Ya. Sidorin · Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth

Topics & Keywords

earthquake and tectonic studies Rock Mechanics and Modeling Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Climate action

Publication Details

Published in: Nature

Volume 350, Issue 6313, pp. 39-42

DOI: 10.1038/350039a0

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 10.70

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