Grain size assisted thermal runaway as a nucleation mechanism for continental mantle earthquakes: Impact of complex rheologies
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2017.08.038
Abstract: Abstract Thermal runaway has been proposed as a potential mechanism to initiate intermediate-depth earthquakes as well as lithospheric-scale shear zones at depths of 50–300 km where brittle failure is inhibited due to the confining pressure. Microstructural… read more here.
Keywords: assisted thermal; thermal runaway; size assisted; grain size ... See more keywords