This movie shows a Discrete Element Model (DEM) of the development of a fault gouge under laboratory conditions. This model was produced by Steffen Abe (http://www.ged.rwth-aachen.de/Ww/people/abe/abe.html) and Karen Mair (PGP Olso, http://varme.uio.no/pgp/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=113...), with visualisation by Paul Cochrane.
For more information, have a look at the paper: "Abe & Mair 2009 Effects of gouge fragment shape on fault friction: New 3D modelling results. Geophysical Research Letters. 36, L23302" (http://www.agu.org/journals/gl/gl0923/2009GL040684/), references therein, or http://www.ged.rwth-aachen.de.
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