UNRAVELING CARBONATE FAULT DYNAMICS, FROM FRICTION TO DECARBONATION, THROUGH THE 1959 MW 7.2 EARTHQUAKE IN MONTANA

Unraveling carbonate fault dynamics, from friction to decarbonation, through the 1959 Mw 7.2 earthquake in Montana

Abstract Seismic rupture in carbonate rocks influences fault friction behavior through thermal evolution and mineral reactions.Focusing on the 1959 Mw 7.2 Hebgen Lake event in western Yellowstone, Montana, the largest earthquake on a normal fault in the United States, we analyze fault rock microstructures and mineralogical changes to constrain fric

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