Evolution of fault systems at a strike-slip plate boundary: A viscoelastic model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2881-2884

  Roy, Mousumi ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal deformation; Faulting; Rheology; Strike slip

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RHEOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRAIN RATE; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY; COMPLEX NETWORKS; DEFORMATION; FAULTING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; TECTONICS;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; MANTLE; SEISMICITY; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; DEFORMATION ZONE; DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS; FORMATION AND EVOLUTIONS; SHORT TIME SCALE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT SYSTEMS; VISCOELASTIC MODELING; VISCOUS BEHAVIORS;

TECTONICS; FAULT SLIPS;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FAULTING; RHEOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

EID: 0032148095     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL02184     Document Type: Article

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