Brittle-ductile coupling: Role of ductile viscosity on brittle fracturing

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Schueller, Sylvie ^a   Gueydan, Frédéric ^a   Davy, Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUCTILE FRACTURE; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEATION; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

BRITTLE-DUCTILE COUPLING; DISPLACEMENT RATES; DUCTILE VISCOSITY; LITHOSPHERE;

BRITTLE FRACTURE;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; BRITTLE FRACTURE; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; VISCOSITY;

EID: 22444439990     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL022272     Document Type: Article

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