Thermal-mechanical effects of low-temperature plasticity (the Peierls mechanism) on the deformation of a viscoelastic shear zone

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 159-172

  Kameyama, Masanori ^a,b   Yuen, David A ^b   Karato, Shun Ichiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Plasticity; Rheology; Shear zones; Subduction; Thermomechanical properties

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; PLASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR ZONE; THERMOMECHANICS;

EID: 0033617506     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00040-0     Document Type: Article

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