Exploring the Roles of Mineralogy and Roughness on Hotspot Development in High-velocity Sliding Experiments on Faults in Westerly Granite

Monica R Barbery1, Frederick M Chester2 and Judith Savaso Chester2, (1)Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Providence, RI, United States, (2)Texas A & M University, Center for Tectonophysics and the Department of Geology and Geophysics, College Station, TX, United States