Effects of temperature-dependent thermal diffusivity on shear instability in a viscoelastic zone: Implications for faster ductile faulting and earthquakes in the spinel stability field

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-185

  Branlund, Joy M ^a   Kameyama, Masanori C ^b   Yuen, David A ^a   Kaneda, Yoshiyuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Rheology; Shear zones; Thermal diffusivity

Indexed keywords

DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SHEAR ZONE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 0033757169     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00239-9     Document Type: Article

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