Talc at fault

Christopher Wibberley
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Christopher Wibberley: Christopher Wibberley is at the Laboratoire de Géosciences Azur, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, France. (In October 2007 he will move to TOTAL Centre Scientifique et Technique Jean Feger, Avenue Larribau, F-64018 Pau Cedex, France.) wibbs@geoazur.unice.fr (christopher.wibberley@total.com)

Nature, 2007, vol. 448, issue 7155, 756-757

Abstract: The behaviour of the San Andreas fault varies along its length — it slips in some places and creeps in others. The discovery of the ultrasoft mineral talc in rocks from deep inside the fault could help to explain why.

Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1038/448756a

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