Imposed strain localization in the lower crust on seismic timescales

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1103-1109

  Ellis, Susan ^a   Stöckhert, Bernhard ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpine Fault; Crust; Fault; Localization; Model; Rheology; Strain; Stress

Indexed keywords

FAULT; LOWER CRUST; STRAIN;

EID: 20544435606     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353329     Document Type: Article

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