Growth of plastic shear zone and its duration inferred from theoretical consideration and observation of an ancient shear zone in the granitic crust

• Published in: Earth, planets and space Vol. 54; no. 11; pp. 1207 - 1210
• Main Authors: TANAKA, Hidemi, SHIBAZAKI, Bunichiro, SHIGEMATSU, Norio, FUJIMOTO, Koichiro, OHTANI, Tomoyuki, MIYASHITA, Yukari, TOMITA, Tomoaki, OMURA, Kentaro, KOBAYASHI, Yoji, KAMEDA, Jun
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Terra 2002
• Subjects: Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Earthquakes, seismology; Exact sciences and technology; Internal geophysics; Tectonics. Structural geology. Plate tectonics; steady-state processes; mylonites; rheology; density; ultramylonites; mathematical models; creep; earthquakes; metamorphic rocks; continental crust; fluid dynamics; faults; granitic composition; viscosity; shear stress; ductile deformation; slip; plastic deformation; activation energy; temperature; shear zones
• ISSN: 1343-8832; 1880-5981
• DOI: 10.1186/BF03353322