Keywords:
Earth - Crust.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
Traditionally, investigations of the rheology and deformation of the lithosphere (the rigid or mechanically strong outer layer of the Earth, which contains the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle) have taken place at one scale in the laboratory.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (367 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780231501897
Series Statement:
MARGINS Theoretical and Experimental Earth Science Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=909214
DDC:
551.8
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- 1. Consequences of Asthenospheric Variability in Continental Rifting, by W. Roger Buck -- 2. Velocity Fields, Faulting, and Strength on the Continents, by James Jackson -- 3. Mechanics of Low-Angle Normal Faults, by Gary J. Axen -- 4. Depth-Dependent Lithospheric Stretching at Rifted Continental Margins, by Mark Davis and Nick Kusznir -- 5. Limits of the Seismogenic Zone, by Larry J. Ruff -- 6. Controls on Subduction Thrust Earthquakes: Downdip Changes in Composition and State, by R. D. Hyndman -- 7. Thermo-Mechanical Models of Convergent Orogenesis: Thermal and Rheologic Dependence of Crustal Deformation, by Sean D. Willett and Daniel C. Pope -- 8. Structure of Large-Displacement, Strike-Slip Fault Zones in the Brittle Continental Crust, by F. M. Chester, J. S. Chester, D. L. Kirschner, S. E. Schulz, and J. P. Evans -- 9. The Strength of the San Andreas Fault: A Discussion, by Christopher H. Scholz and Thomas C. Hanks -- 9. The Strength of the San Andreas Fault: A Discussion, by Christopher H. Scholz and Thomas C. Hanks -- 11. Relations Among Porosity, Permeability, and Deformation in Rocks at High Temperatures, by Brian Evans, Yves Bernable, and Greg Hirth -- Index.
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