Transformation-induced jointing as a gauge for interfacial slip and rock strength

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 280, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 159-166

  Iyer, Karthik ^a,b   Podladchikov, Yuri Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

brittle rheology; fracture spacing to layer thickness ratio; interfacial slip; joint formation; transformation induced strain

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE RHEOLOGY; FRACTURE SPACING TO LAYER THICKNESS RATIO; INTERFACIAL SLIP; JOINT FORMATION; TRANSFORMATION-INDUCED STRAIN;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; PHASE INTERFACES; PLASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; ROCKS; TECTONICS; UNSTEADY FLOW; VISCOSITY; WELDING;

SHEAR STRENGTH;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; DIKE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GAUGE; JOINT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RHEOLOGY; ROCK MECHANICS; SERPENTINIZATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 62549152183     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.01.028     Document Type: Article

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