5. Limits of the Seismogenic Zone

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors vii
4. Preface ix
5. 1. Consequences of Asthenospheric Variability on Continental Rifting 1
6. 2. Velocity Fields, Faulting, and Strength on the Continents 31
7. 3. Mechanics of Low-Angle Normal Faults 46
8. 4. Depth-Dependent Lithospheric Stretching at Rifted Continental Margins 92
9. 5. Limits of the Seismogenic Zone 138
10. 6. Controls on Subduction Thrust Earthquakes: Downdip Changes in Composition and State 166
11. 7. Thermo-Mechanical Models of Convergent Orogenesis: Thermal and Rheologic Dependence of Crustal Deformation 179
12. 8. Structure of Large-Displacement, Strike-Slip Fault Zones in the Brittle Continental Crust 223
13. 9. The Strength of the San Andreas Fault: A Discussion 261
14. 10. Deformation Behavior of Partially Molten Mantle Rocks 284
15. 11. Relations Among Porosity, Permeability, and Deformation in Rocks at High Temperatures 311
16. Index 341