Strain heating in process zones; implications for metamorphism and partial melting in the lithosphere

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 394, Issue , 2014, Pages 216-228

  Devès, Maud H ^a   Tait, Stephen R ^a   King, Geoffrey C P ^a   Grandin, Raphaël ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Fault complexities; Metamorphism; Partial melting; Process zone; Strain heating; Thermo mechanical model

Indexed keywords

CREEP; KINEMATICS; MELTING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

DISLOCATION MODELING; MELTING OF THE CRUSTS; METAMORPHISM; PARTIAL MELTING; PROCESS ZONE; RHEOLOGICAL PARAMETER; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; THERMOMECHANICAL MODEL;

HEATING;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; FAULT; HEATING; LITHOSPHERE; MAGMA; METAMORPHISM; PARTIAL MELTING; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN ANALYSIS; STRAIN RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; VOLCANISM;

ANATOLIA; TURKEY;

EID: 84897546481     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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