The strength of faults in the crust in the western United States

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 373-384

  Carena, Sara ^a   Moder, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

fault strength; finite element model; friction; lithosphere

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ZONES; CALIFORNIA; DEPTH DISTRIBUTION; FAULT SLIP; FAULT STRENGTH; FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; FINITE-ELEMENT CODES; GRID REFINEMENT; LITHOSPHERE; LOWER CRUST; MODEL RESULTS; PLATE MOTIONS; PLATE-DRIVING FORCE; REGIONAL TECTONICS; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SINGLE-VALUE; STRESS FIELD; VARIABLE RESOLUTION; VIABLE SOLUTIONS; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

FRICTION; TECTONICS; TRIBOLOGY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

FAULT SLIP; FAULT ZONE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GPS; LOWER CRUST; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SLIP RATE; STRESS FIELD; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350132006     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.08.021     Document Type: Article

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