Influences of temperature-dependent thermal conductivity on surface heat flow near major faults

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 3868-3872

  So, Byung Dal ^a   Yuen, David A ^b,c,d  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

insulating effect; strong fault; surface heat flow; variable conductivity

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; FRICTIONAL HEATING; INSULATING EFFECT; SURFACE HEAT FLOW; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL-INSULATING; THERMO-MECHANICAL EFFECTS;

FRICTION; HEAT FLUX;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; FAULT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT FLOW; HEAT FLUX; SHEAR STRENGTH; SURFACE FLUX; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOMECHANICS;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84881462457     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50780     Document Type: Article

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