Mechanics of grain-size reduction in fault zones

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Sammis, Charles G ^a   Ben Zion, Yehuda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; CORE (PLANETARY); EXHUMATION; FAULT ZONE; FRAGMENTATION; GRAIN SIZE; KINETICS; LOADING; MICROSTRUCTURE; MODELING; PLASTICITY; STRAIN RATE; TENSION;

EID: 42149102562     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004892     Document Type: Article

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