Theoretical investigation of convective instability in inclined and fluid-saturated three-dimensional fault zones

Tectonophysics

Volumn 387, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 47-64

  Zhao, Chongbin ^a,b   Hobbs, B E ^a   Ord, A ^a   Peng, Shenglin ^b   Muhlhaus H B ^a   Liu, Liangming ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Characteristic equation; Convective instability; Critical Rayleigh number; Inclined fault; Three dimensional convective flow

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ZONE; FLUID FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID;

EID: 11144340287     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.06.007     Document Type: Article

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