| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4677108 | Earth and Planetary Science Letters | 2013 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
•Destructive earthquakes nucleate/propagate within carbonates and evaporites.•Mechanical behavior of carbonate rocks and evaporites during deformation experiments.•Internal strain and shear localization in anhydrite and dolomite at T=75 °C with fluids.•Microstructural analysis shows localization of deformation.•Mechanism for earthquake nucleation/propagation within carbonate rocks.
Seismological observations show that many destructive earthquakes nucleate within, or propagate through, thick sequences of carbonates and evaporites. For example, along the Apennines range (Italy) carbonate and evaporite sequences are present at hypocentral depths for recent major earthquakes (5.0
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Authors
Marco M. Scuderi, André R. Niemeijer, Cristiano Collettini, Chris Marone,