How ductile are ductile shear zones?

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 345-348

  Mancktelow, Neil S ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Faults; Fluids; Pressure; Rheology; Shear zones

Indexed keywords

DUCTILE DEFORMATION; SHEAR ZONES; VISCOUS RHEOLOGY;

BRITTLENESS; DEFORMATION; DUCTILITY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MICROCRACKS; RHEOLOGY; ROCKS; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN; VISCOPLASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

TECTONICS;

DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; SHEAR ZONE;

EID: 33646799478     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22260.1     Document Type: Article

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