Anelasticity explains topography associated with Basin and Range normal faulting

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1095-1098

  Hassani, R ^a,b   Chery J ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); RIGIDITY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY; YIELD STRESS;

ANELASTIC DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL RHEOLOGY; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; EFFECTIVE RIGIDITY; FRICTIONAL BEHAVIOR; PRESSURE DEPENDENT; THIN ELASTIC PLATES; WESTERN UNITED STATES; BASIN AND RANGE; ELASTIC PLATE; FAULT SPACING; NORMAL FAULTING;

FAULT SLIPS;

ANELASTICITY; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NORMAL FAULT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RHEOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY; BASIN AND RANGE; DEFORMATION; NORMAL FAULTING;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; USA;

EID: 0030427986     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<1095:AETAWB>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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