Thermomechanics of mid-ocean ridge segmentation

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 171, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 374-386

  Choi, Eun seo ^a   Lavier, Luc ^b   Gurnis, Michael ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasto visco plastic rheology; Mid ocean ridge propagation; Ridge tip interaction; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COLLOIDS; COOLING; PLASTICS; STRAIN RATE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TECTONICS; THEOREM PROVING; THERMAL STRESS; THERMOELASTICITY;

CONNECTING MODES; COOLING RATES; DRIVING FORCES; ELASTO-VISCO-PLASTIC RHEOLOGY; FRACTURE ZONES; INDUCED STRESSES; KINEMATIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MID-OCEAN RIDGE PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; OCEANIC CRUSTS; PARALLEL STRUCTURES; PLASTIC STRAINS; RIDGE TIP INTERACTION; SPREADING RATES; STRESS ACCUMULATIONS; THERMOMECHANICS; TRANSFORM FAULTS;

STRESSES;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FRACTURE ZONE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CRUST; RHEOLOGY; SPREADING CENTER; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS FIELD; TRANSFORM FAULT; VISCOPLASTICITY;

EID: 55749088628     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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