Resolving puzzles of the phase-transformation-based mechanism of the strong deep-focus earthquake

The developed theory for coupled deformation, plastic strain-induced phase transformation, transformation-induced plasticity, and self-blown-up deformation-transformation-heating in shear band explains the main puzzles of deep-focus earthquakes.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Valery I. Levitas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33802-y