Shear zones between rock units with no relative movement

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 82-90

  Koyi, Hemin ^a   Schmeling, Harro ^b   Burchardt, Steffi ^a   Talbot, Christopher ^a   Mukherjee, Soumyajit ^c   Sjöström, Håkan ^a   Chemia, Zurab ^d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Numerical modeling; Reverse kinematics; Shear zone; Wake

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL MODELS; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; RELATIVE DISPLACEMENT; RELATIVE MOVEMENT; SHEAR ZONE;

ASPECT RATIO; DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEPARATION;

WAKES;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR ZONE; VISCOUS FLOW; WAKE;

EID: 84876332427     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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