A 3-D viscoelastoplastic model for simulating long-term slip on non-planar faults

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 293-306

  Li, Qingsong ^a,b   Liu, Mian ^a   Zhang, Huai ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal deformation; Fault slip; Finite element methods; Restraining bends; Strain localization; Transform faults

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FAULT SLIP; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR STRESS; TRANSFORM FAULT; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 58149197748     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03962.x     Document Type: Article

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