Friction-Induced Changes in the Surface Structure of Basalt and Granite


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Abstract

Friction-induced changes in the structure of the surface layer of basalt and granite samples extracted from a well in the triggered seismicity zone in the Koyna–Warna region, India, have been studied by infrared, Raman, and photoluminescence spectroscopy. It has been found that friction leads to a partial degradation of quartz, albite, and clinopyroxenes crystals. Instead of these crystals, a thin layer of a mineral with a low coefficient of friction—kaolinite—is formed on the surface.

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K. Arora

CSIR National Geophysical Research Institute

Email: Victor.Vettegren@mail.ioffe.ru
India, Hyderabad

A. V. Ponomarev

Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth

Email: Victor.Vettegren@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 123242

R. I. Mamalimov

Ioffe Institute

Email: Victor.Vettegren@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021

I. P. Shcherbakov

Ioffe Institute

Email: Victor.Vettegren@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021

V. B. Kulik

Ioffe Institute

Email: Victor.Vettegren@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021

V. I. Vettegren

Ioffe Institute

Author for correspondence.
Email: Victor.Vettegren@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021

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