Description
Laboratory slide-hold-slide tests were conducted in a conventional triaxial deformation configuration on 1-inch diameter cylindrical cores of Westerly granite bisected by a sawcut oriented at 30 degrees from vertical. Tests were conducted at a constant confining pressure of 30 MPa with a 10 MPa pore fluid pressure. The pore fluid was deionized water. Experiments were conducted at temperatures of 22, 100, 200, and 250 C. This data was collected to examine fault strength recovery in hydrothermal conditions.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Journal artical.pdf | Journal article from Jeppson: "Time Dependent Weakening of Granite at Hydrothermal Conditions". This paper describes the purpose, methods, and results of the slide-hold-slide tests associated with this data. | Open resource | |
| Slide-hold-slide test data | HTML | This USGS data release link houses the metadata (xml file) and raw data (txt files) from each Westerly granite slide-hold-slide test in this study. | Open resource |