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Rock Friction and Earthquake Prediction

Birkhäuser

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

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-iv
  2. Editors’ Note

    • J. D. Byerlee, M. Wyss
    Pages 583-585
  3. Friction of Rocks

    • J. Byerlee
    Pages 615-626
  4. Electrical Resistivity Changes in Rocks During Frictional Sliding and Fracture

    • Chi-Yuen Wang, P. N. Sundaram, Richard E. Goodman
    Pages 717-731
  5. Transient Creep and Semibrittle Behavior of Crystalline Rocks

    • Neville L. Carter, Stephen H. Kirby
    Pages 807-839
  6. Fracture Surface Energy of Olivine

    • M. V. Swain, B. K. Atkinson
    Pages 866-872
  7. Fault and System Stiffnesses and Stick-Slip Phenomena

    • Richard E. Goodman, P. N. Sundaram
    Pages 873-887

Editors and Affiliations

  • Geological Survey Office of Earthquake Studies, Menlo Park, USA

    James D. Byerlee

  • Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

    Max Wyss

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