Temperature increase in saturated porous materials under undrained condition leads to thermal pressurization of the pore fluid due to the discrepancy between the thermal expansion coefficients of the pore fluid and of the solid matrix. This increase in the ...

<p>This thesis is intended as a detailed analysis of a candidate dynamic fault weakening mechanism called thermal pressurization of porefluid, based on the theory of thermoporoelasticity and on the latest geological, laboratory, and theoretical field results.</p ...