Numerical simulations of granular shear zones using the distinct element method: 1. Shear zone kinematics and the micromechanics of localization

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B2, 1999, Pages 2703-2719

  Morgan, Julia K ^a   Boettcher, Margaret S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANULAR MEDIUM; KINEMATICS; SHEAR ZONE;

EID: 0033540672     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jb900056     Document Type: Article

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