Shear strain concentration mechanism in the lower crust below an intraplate strike-slip fault based on rheological laws of rocks

Abstract We conduct a two-dimensional numerical experiment on the lower crust under an intraplate strike-slip fault based on laboratory-derived power-law rheologies considering the effects of grain size and water. To understand the effects of far-field loading and material properties on the deformat...

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Main Authors: Xuelei Zhang, Takeshi Sagiya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-06-01
Series:Earth, Planets and Space
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40623-017-0668-5