Karner / Taylor / Driscoll Rheology and Deformation of the Lithosphere at Continental Margins

1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-231-50189-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 408 Seiten, Format (B × H): 203 mm x 279 mm

Reihe: MARGINS Theoretical and Experimental Earth Science Series

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Karner, Garry

Taylor, Brian

Driscoll, Neal

Kohlstedt, David

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Vulkanologie, Seismologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geophysik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Marine Geologie, Ozeanographie (Meereskunde)
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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
10. Deformation Behavior of Partially Molten Mantle Rocks, by YaQin Xu, M. E. Zimmerman, and D. L. Kohlstedt
11. Relations Among Porosity, Permeability, and Deformation in Rocks at High Temperatures, by Brian Evans, Yves Bernable, and Greg Hirth
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Garry D. Karner is senior research scientist in marine geology and geophysics at Columbia University's Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory. Brian Taylor is a professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Neal W. Driscoll is a professor in the Geosciences Research Division at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. David L. Kohlstedt is a professor of geology and geophysics at the University of Minnesota.