Structural properties and deformation patterns of evolving strike-slip faults: Numerical simulations incorporating damage rheology

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 166, Issue 10-11, 2009, Pages 1537-1573

  Finzi, Yaron ^a   Hearn, Elizabeth H ^a   Ben Zion, Yehuda ^b   Lyakhovsky, Vladimir ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Compliant zones; Damage rheology; Fault stepovers; Fault zone structure; Strike slip fault evolution

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE MECHANICS; DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RHEOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EID: 69249104882     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-009-0522-1     Document Type: Article

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