Dynamic fault weakening and the formation of large impact craters

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 471-482

  Senft, Laurel E ^a   Stewart, Sarah T ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

collapse; cratering; fault; friction; mechanics; melt

Indexed keywords

CHICXULUB; COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; COLLAPSE; CRATER FORMATION; CRATERING; DISCRETE TIME INTERVALS; DYNAMIC FAULT WEAKENING; FAULT; FAULT FRICTION EXPERIMENT; FAULT STRUCTURE; FAULT ZONE; FRACTURED ROCK; FRICTIONAL MELTING; FRICTIONAL STRENGTH; GEOLOGIC FEATURES; IMPACT CRATERS; MELT; MELT DISTRIBUTIONS; PLANETARY SURFACES; PLASTIC SHEAR STRAIN; QUASI-STATIC; SHALLOW DEPTHS; SHOCK PHYSICS; SLIP DISTANCE; SLIP VELOCITY; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS; TRANSIENT CAVITIES;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; FRICTION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ION BEAMS; MECHANICS; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR STRENGTH; TRIBOLOGY;

STRAIN RATE;

COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; CRATER; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; FRACTURED MEDIUM; FRICTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MELTING; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRAIN RATE; UPLIFT;

EID: 70350130551     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.08.033     Document Type: Article

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