Fault weakening across the frictional-viscous transition zone, karakoram fault zone, NW Himalaya

Tectonics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1227-1246

  Wallis, David ^a   Phillips, Richard J ^a   Lloyd, Geoffrey E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULT; FRICTIONAL VISCOUS; KARAKORAM; TRANSITION; WEAKENING

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENTS OF FRICTION; DIFFUSIVE MASS TRANSFER; FRICTIONAL-VISCOUS; KARAKORAM; LONG-TERM STRENGTH; MOMENT MAGNITUDES; TRANSITION; WEAKENING;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SILICATES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

FRICTION;

DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; GRANITOID; LOWER CRUST; MYLONITE; PHYLLONITE; PHYLLOSILICATE; SHEAR STRESS; TRANSITION ZONE; TRAVERTINE; UPPER MANTLE;

HIMALAYAS; KARAKORAM FAULT ZONE;

EID: 84884809305     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: 19449194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tect.20076     Document Type: Article

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