Superfaults

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 579-582

  Spray, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRAIN RATE;

CALDERA FORMATION; FRICTIONAL MELTING; HYPERVELOCITY IMPACTS; LARGE DISPLACEMENTS; SLIDING INTERFACES; SLOPE INSTABILITY; TRANSIENT CAVITIES; ULTRAHIGH STRAIN RATES;

FAULT SLIPS;

DIP-SLIP FAULT; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; REVERSE FAULT; SEISMICITY; ENERGY RELEASE; FAULT; FRICTIONAL MELTING; SLIP; SUPERFAULT;

EID: 0031466150     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0579:S>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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