The analogue shear zone: From rheology to associated geometry

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 177-193

  Schrank, Christoph E ^a   Boutelier, David A ^a   Cruden, Alexander R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analogue modelling; Physical modelling; Rheology; Shear zones; Strain distribution

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE IMAGING VELOCIMETRY; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN DISTRIBUTION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RHEOLOGY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

MODELING; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 38649136604     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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