Slab stress and strain rate as constraints on global mantle flow

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 2010, Pages

  Alisic, Laura ^a   Gurnis, Michael ^a   Stadler, Georg ^b   Burstedde, Carsten ^b   Wilcox, Lucas C ^c   Ghattas, Omar ^b,d,e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c HyPerComp ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; YIELD STRESS;

BEST FIT; EARTHQUAKE FOCAL MECHANISMS; GLOBAL MODELS; HIGH STRESS; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE FLOW; MINIMUM STRAIN RATE; MINIMUM STRESS; PLATE MOTIONS; SEISMIC-MOMENT RELEASE; STATE OF STRESS; STRESS AND STRAIN RATE; STRESS DROP; STRESS ORIENTATIONS; STRESS PATTERNS; UPPER LIMITS;

STRAIN RATE;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FOCAL MECHANISM; MANTLE CONVECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE MOTION; SEISMIC MOMENT; SLAB; STRAIN RATE; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

BOLIVIA; TONGA;

EID: 78649520061     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045312     Document Type: Article

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