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Creep, Stable Sliding, and Premonitory Slip

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Rock Friction and Earthquake Prediction

Part of the book series: Contributions to Current Research in Geophysics (CCRG) ((CCRG,volume 6))

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The current status of laboratory investigations into creep, stable sliding and premonitory slip is reviewed and some new material is presented. It is postulated that pre-cut rocks and those with simulated gouge layers undergo a transition with increasing confining pressure from (1) stable sliding to stick-slip, to (2) sliding along the pre-cut with deformation of the country rock, to (3) homogeneous flow of the specimen without slip along the pre-cut. Stick-slip behavior is not always present. Decreasing displacement rates are found to enhance stick-slip. Mixtures of gouge are found to be significant in controlling the behavior of sliding with 10–20 percent of anhydrite mixed with quartz or clays mixed with anhydrite shifting the sliding mode from stable stick-slip or stick-slip to stable sliding, respectively. Premonitory slip may be one of the most significant short term precursors of earthquakes. Although widely recognized in the laboratory, little systematic work has been completed. Variations in pore pressure, resistivity and seismic velocities have been investigated. Clearly much work needs to be done into these topics before a clear understanding is achieved.

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    John M. Logan

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  1. Geological Survey Office of Earthquake Studies, Menlo Park, California, USA

    James D. Byerlee

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Logan, J.M. (1978). Creep, Stable Sliding, and Premonitory Slip. In: Byerlee, J.D., Wyss, M. (eds) Rock Friction and Earthquake Prediction. Contributions to Current Research in Geophysics (CCRG), vol 6. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7182-2_14

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