A cellular automaton for the development of crustal shear zones

Tectonophysics

Volumn 253, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 247-270

  An, Lin Ji ^a   Sammis, Charles G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AUTOMATON; FAULT; SCALING RELATION; SHEAR ZONE; SIMPLE SHEAR EXPERIMENT;

EID: 0029772130     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(95)00062-3     Document Type: Article

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