Quantitative analysis of seismogenic shear-induced turbulence in lake sediments

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 303-306

  Wetzler, Nadav ^a   Marco, Shmuel ^a   Heifetz, Eyal ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BULK RICHARDSON NUMBER; CHAOTIC STRUCTURE; COHERENT VORTICES; DEAD SEA; DEFORMED LAYERS; EF CIENT; EFFECTIVE VISCOSITY; GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY; HELMHOLTZ; INSTABILITY MECHANISMS; LAKE SEDIMENTS; LAYER THICKNESS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; POWER SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; POWER-LAW; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHEAR ENERGY; THIN LAYERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; GRAVITATION; LAKES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; TURBULENCE;

SEDIMENTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FAULT GEOMETRY; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEAK ACCELERATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SHEAR ZONE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 77954015263     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30685.1     Document Type: Article

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