Low fault friction in Iran implies localized deformation for the Arabia-Eurasia collision zone

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 246, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 197-206

  Vernant, P ^a   Chery J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

3D modeling; fault slip rate; GPS; Iran

Indexed keywords

COULOMB-FAILURE CRITERIA; LOW FAULT FRICTION;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DEFORMATION;

COLLISION ZONE; DEFORMATION; FAULT; FRICTION; GPS;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33744941854     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.04.021     Document Type: Article

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