Localised and distributed deformation in the lithosphere: Modelling the Dead Sea region in 3 dimensions

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 308, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 172-184

  Devès, Maud ^a   King, Geoffrey C P ^a   Klinger, Yann ^a   Agnon, Amotz ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Damage or process zone; Distributed deformation; Fault system rheology; Lithosphere mechanics, theory and modelling; Localised slip; Plate boundary strength

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED DEFORMATION; FAULT SYSTEM; LITHOSPHERE MECHANICS, THEORY AND MODELLING; LOCALISED SLIP; PLATE BOUNDARIES; PROCESS ZONE;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELASTICITY; ELASTOPLASTICITY; LABORATORIES; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN; VISCOSITY;

DEFORMATION;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; DEFORMATION; DISLOCATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FAULT SLIP; FAULT ZONE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE BOUNDARY; RHEOLOGY; SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SHEAR ZONE;

DEAD SEA;

EID: 79959941616     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.044     Document Type: Article

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