Crustal rheology and faulting at strike-slip plate boundaries 2. Effects of lower crustal flow

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B3, 2000, Pages 5599-5613

  Roy, Mousumi ^a,b   Royden, Leigh H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; PLATE BOUNDARY; RHEOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

EID: 0034629516     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900340     Document Type: Article

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