Mechanics of V-shaped conjugate strike-slip faults and the corresponding continuum mode of continental deformation

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 1798-1821

  Yin, An ^a,b   Taylor, Michael H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL TIBETAN PLATEAU; COMBINED EFFECT; CONJUGATE FAULTS; CONTINENTAL DEFORMATION; CONTINUUM MODES; DISTRIBUTED DEFORMATION; DOMINANT MODE; EXTRUSION TECTONICS; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PATTERNS; FRACTURE CRITERIA; GENERAL SHEAR; GPS VELOCITY FIELD; HORIZONTAL SHEAR; LATE CENOZOIC; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; SANDBOX EXPERIMENTS; SHEAR FRACTURE; SHEAR ZONE; STATE OF STRESS; STRAIN FIELDS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT SYSTEMS; TIBETANS; UPPER CRUST; VELOCITY FIELD;

DEFORMATION; EARTH (PLANET); FRACTURE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; TECTONICS; VELOCITY;

SHEAR FLOW;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COULOMB CRITERION; DEFORMATION; FAULT GEOMETRY; GPS; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 80051579478     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30159.1     Document Type: Article

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