Ductile shear zones beneath strike-slip faults: Implications for the thermomechanics of the San Andreas fault zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 891-905

  Thatcher, Wayne ^a   England, Philip C ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001083259     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb02274     Document Type: Article

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