Flexing is not stretching: An analogue study of flexure-induced fault populations

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 246, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 125-137

  Supak, S ^a,b   Bohnenstiehl, D R ^b   Buck, W R ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

analogue models; extensional faulting; lithosphere flexure; mid ocean ridges; outer rise; subduction

Indexed keywords

EXTERNAL FAULTING; FLEXURE-INDUCED FAULT; LITHOSPHERE FLEXURE; LITHOSPHERE STRETCHING; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; SUBDUCTION;

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TESTING; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TENSILE STRESS;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ANALOG MODEL; FAULTING; FLEXURE; FRACTURE; LITHOSPHERE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 33646947857     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.03.028     Document Type: Article

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