Kinematic strain localization

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 300, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 197-204

  Braun, Jean ^a   Herman, Frédéric ^b   Batt, Geoffrey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ductile deformation; Pure shear; Simple shear; Strain localization; Structural geology

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; SHEAR FLOW; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRANSPIRATION; VELOCITY;

DUCTILE DEFORMATIONS; GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION; PARTICLE RESIDENCE TIME; PURE SHEAR; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; SIMPLE SHEAR; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS;

STRAIN;

ASYMMETRY; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; OROGENY; RESIDENCE TIME; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN PARTITIONING; STRAIN RATE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST;

EID: 78649732808     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.08.018     Document Type: Article

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