Temperature fields generated by the elastodynamic propagation of shear cracks in the Earth

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Fialko, Yuri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault strength; Frictional heating; Melting; Pseudotachylite; Thermal runaway; Viscous stress

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; ELASTODYNAMICS; HEATING; PSEUDOTACHYLITE;

EID: 2542445293     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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