The Fluid Dynamics of Solid Mechanical Shear Zones

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 171, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3159-3174

  Veveakis, E ^a   Regenauer Lieb, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cataclastic fault zone; chemical reactions; mylonitic shear zone; state variables

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CORE DRILLING; SLIP FORMING;

DUCTILE SHEAR ZONE; EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS; FAULT ZONE; FRAGMENTATION PROCESS; MECHANICAL THEORY; MYLONITIC SHEAR ZONE; STATE VARIABLES; ULTRA-FINE-GRAINED;

FAULTING;

CHEMICAL REACTION; FAULT ZONE; FLUID DYNAMICS; MYLONITE; PHASE TRANSITION; SHEAR ZONE;

EID: 84904705792     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-014-0835-6     Document Type: Article

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