Interaction between brittle fracture and ductile flow during crustal deformation

Bollettino della Societa Geologica Italiana

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-220

  Mancktelow, Neil S ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brittle; Crust; Deformation; Ductile; Faults; Lithosph re; Rheology; Shear zones

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749088317     PISSN: 00378763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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