Rheology of Transform Plate Boundaries

变压器板力学性能的研究 边界主要集中在地壳（孕震） 板块的组成部分。 虽然岩石圈地幔的作用 在板块边界变形中， 代表板块边界潜在的最强部分， 从而控制整个变形的区域。 以前的研究也受到应用的影响， 可能不适合高应变的流变规律 速率和板块边界的变形。 进化的本质 像圣安德烈亚斯这样的边界通常也不会被 包括. 这个项目将应用目前对地幔的最佳估计 流变规律对转换板块边界的发展， 评估三维应力、应变和矿物学（粒度， 变形机制）演化。

Investigations of the mechanical properties of transform plate boundaries have dominantly focused on the crustal (seismogenic) component of the plate. Although the lithospheric mantle's role in plate boundary deformation has received much less attention, it represents the potentially strongest part of a plate boundary, and thus the region which will control the overall deformation. Previous studies have also suffered from the application of rheologic laws which may not be appropriate for the high strain rates and deformation at plate boundaries. The evolutionary nature of boundaries like the San Andreas has also normally not been included. This project will apply current best estimates of mantle rheologic laws to the development of transform plate boundaries and evaluate the 3-D stress, strain, and mineralogic (grain size, deformation mechanism) evolution of the region.