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THERMAL IMAGING ON SIMULATED FAULTS DURING FRICTIONAL SLIDING (2006)

Heating during frictional sliding is a major component of the energy budget of earthquakes and represents a potential weakening mechanism. It is therefore important to investigate how heat dissipates during sliding on simulated faults. They are presented results from laboratory friction experiments where a halite (NaCl) slider heldunder constant load is dragged across a coarse substrate.
Reference:
"Geophysical Research Letters 33 (2006) L19301"
Organization:
Physics of Geological Processes, University of Oslo, Norway
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