Computational Approaches to Localized Deformation Within the Lithosphere and for Crust-Mantle Interactions

• Main Author: Choi, Eun-seo
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Antarctic; Australian-Antarctic Discordance; Handle The; Reykjanes; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/3682/; https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/3682/14/thesis.pdf; https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/3682/1/01title_page.pdf; https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/3682/2/02acknowledgements.pdf; https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/3682/3/03abstract.pdf; https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/3682/4/04contents.pdf; https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/3682/5/05list_of_figures.pdf; https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/3682/6/06list_of_tables.pdf; https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/3682/7/07chapter1.pdf; https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/3682/8/08chapter2.pdf; https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/3682/9/09chapter3.pdf; https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/3682/10/10chapter4.pdf; https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/3682/11/11chapter5.pdf; https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/3682/12/12appendixA.pdf; https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/3682/13/13appendixB.pdf; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-09212008-122525

The thesis addresses selected problems related to localized deformation of the solid Earth’s lithosphere that stem from non-uniform strengths or emerge from non-linear rheologies. A new code has been developed to model the spontaneous localization through strain-weakening plasticity. A code coupling...