Evolution of compactive shear deformation bands: Numerical models and geological data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 526-529, Issue , 2012, Pages 56-66

  Chemenda, Alexandre I ^a   Wibberley, Christopher ^b   Saillet, Elodie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b CSTJF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Compaction; Deformation bands; Deformation localization; Numerical modeling; Shear bands

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT LAYERS; BAND PATTERNS; BIFURCATION THEORY; COMPACTED MATERIALS; CORE PART; DEFORMATION BAND; DEFORMATION BANDS; DEFORMATION LOCALIZATION; DEFORMATION PATTERN; FINITE DIFFERENCE; GEOLOGICAL DATA; HARDENING MODULUS; HOST ROCKS; INELASTIC DEFORMATION; NUMERICAL MODELING; VOLUMETRIC DEFORMATION;

COMPACTION; NUMERICAL MODELS; SHEAR BANDS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; UNLOADING;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS);

BIFURCATION; COMPACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HOST ROCK; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SHEAR BAND; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EID: 84857923240     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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