On the relationship between the formation of shear zones and the form of the flow law for rocks undergoing dynamic recrystallization

Tectonophysics

Volumn 303, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 147-158

  Rutter, E H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constitutive flow law; Dynamic recrystallization; Experimental rock deformation; Shear zones; Strain dependent rheology

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROPERTY; FLOW PATTERN; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SHEAR ZONE;

EID: 0033559670     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00261-3     Document Type: Article

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