Transient creep of a composite lower crust 1. Constitutive theory

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 27981-28004

  Ivins, Erik R ^a   Sammis, Charles G ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUST (LOWER); DEFORMATION; HETEROGENEITY; TRANSIENT CREEP;

EID: 0030429053     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb02847     Document Type: Article

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