Mélange rheology and seismic style

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 751-754

  Fagereng, Åke ^a   Sibson, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED STRAIN; FAULT ZONE; MATRIX FLOW; NON-VOLCANIC TREMORS; OCEANIC CRUST; PLATE BOUNDARIES; SEISMIC SLIPS; SHEAR DISPLACEMENT; SHEAR SURFACES; SHEAR ZONE; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; SUBDUCTION MEGATHRUSTS;

LITHOLOGY;

SEISMOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION; FAULT ZONE; LITHOLOGY; MELANGE; OCEANIC CRUST; PLATE BOUNDARY; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR ZONE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 77955975026     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30868.1     Document Type: Article

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