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Shear Senses and Viscous Dissipation of Layered Ductile Simple Shear Zones

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Title Shear Senses and Viscous Dissipation of Layered Ductile Simple Shear Zones
 
Creator MULCHRONE, KF
MUKHERJEE, S
 
Subject THERMAL EVOLUTION
FLOW
DEFORMATION
KINEMATICS
ROCKS
INFORMATION
EXHUMATION
TECTONICS
EXTRUSION
VISCOSITY
Ductile shear zones
shear sense
shear heat
Newtonian fluid
simple shear
Poiseuille flow
 
Description Velocity profiles and shear heat profiles for inclined, layered Newtonian simple shear zones are considered. Reverse fault-like simple shear of the boundaries and upward net pressure gradient act together in such shear zones. As the velocity of the boundary increases, the point of highest velocity shifts from the lower layer of less viscosity into the upper layer. The shear heat profile shows a temperature peak inside the lower layer. For a more viscous upper layer, the point of highest velocity is located inside the upper layer and shifts towards the upper boundary of the shear zone. The shear heat profile shows a maximum temperature within the upper layer. Depending on the flow parameters of the two layers, the slip rate of the boundary, and the dip and thickness of the shear zone, a shear sense in reverse to the relative movement of the shear zone boundaries may develop. These models can decipher thermo-kinematics of layered shear zones in plate-scale hot orogens.
 
Publisher SPRINGER BASEL AG
 
Date 2016-01-14T10:53:32Z
2016-01-14T10:53:32Z
2015
 
Type Article
 
Identifier PURE AND APPLIED GEOPHYSICS, 172(10)2635-2642
0033-4553
1420-9136
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00024-015-1035-8
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/jspui/handle/100/17408
 
Language en