Experimental friction dataset for heterogeneous and homogeneous mixed quartz-clay fault gouge layers (NERC Grant NE/P002943/1)

The data are from a suite of friction experiments performed on simulated fault gouges comprised of clay-quartz mixtures, sheared in a direct-shear arrangement. Some experiments were performed on gouge layers comprised of adjacent patches of kaolinite-clay and quartz (i.e. heterogeneous gouge layers), whereas others were performed on homogeneous mixtures of the two materials (i.e. homogeneous gouge layers). More information on the different types of experiment is provided in the accompanying metadata for this dataset. The relative proportions of clay and quartz were varied in different experiments. All experiments were performed at an effective normal stress of 40 MPa. The sliding velocity was stepped between 0.3 and 3 microns/s every 1 mm of displacement to calculated the rate-and-state friction parameter (a-b). The evolution of shear stress was monitored with increasing displacement (up to a maximum displacement of 8.5 mm).

Date (Creation): 2021-04-22

Citation identifier: http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607747

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
University of Liverpool	John Bedford	not available	Originator
University of Liverpool	Professor Daniel Faulkner	not available	Principal investigator
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	not available	Distributor
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	not available	Point of contact

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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

Fault gouge
NGDC Deposited Data
Friction (geomechanics)
Heterogeneity

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NGDC Deposited Data

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NERC_DDC

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Language: English

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Geoscientific information

Begin date: 2018-02-12

End date: 2020-08-12

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Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	not available	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item164865	Data

Hierarchy level: Non geographic dataset

Other: non geographic dataset

Conformance result

Title: INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology

Date (Publication): 2011

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Pass: No

Conformance result

Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Explanation: See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Pass: No

Statement: Data were collected by shearing gouge layers in a direct-shear arrangement within a high-pressure triaxial deformation apparatus. Normal stress is applied by the confining pressure and pore fluid pressure is introduced to the gouge layer through sintered steel porous disks on each direct-shear forcing block. The forcing blocks are displaced, and thus the gouge layer is sheared, by the axial piston of the triaxial apparatus. An internal force gauge within the axial piston measures the axial force, which is used to calculate the shear stress acting on the gouge layer.