The phrase "a weak zone" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an area or aspect that is vulnerable or lacking strength, often in contexts such as security, strategy, or performance.
Example: "The team's defense has been criticized for having a weak zone that opponents frequently exploit."
Alternatives: "a vulnerable area" or "a soft spot".
Trenching of the ice cover with a ditching or similar machine has been practiced to create a weak zone in areas that are historically prone to jamming.
A possible interpretation for this change is that the shear zone releases shear stress as a weak zone.
Effects of a weak zone beneath the arc depend on its plan-view width and vertical viscosity profile.
Weak Zone, Z w i A weak zone, Z w i, is a slice of the belt region.
Since fracture is a weak zone, its presence can facilitate failure of the proposed road especially when it is occurring at shallow depth.
Instead, Iio et al. (2002, 2004) proposed the weak zone model that has a weak zone with lower viscosity in the lower crust beneath the NKTZ.
The predicted displacement is interpreted either as a newly formed fault or as the partial reactivation of a weaker zone along a major Precambrian crustal-scale tectonic boundary.
The predicted displacement is interpreted as the (partial) reactivation of a weaker zone along a major Precambrian crustal-scale tectonic boundary.
In the analyzed polymeric films a weaker zone at the boundary of the film is observed in comparison with the stiffer material behavior of the bulk material.
In this context, after exceeding the yield stress of plates, the strain can be concentrated to form a plate boundary composed of a "damaged" weak zone (e.g., Bercovici and Ricard 2014), where the stress level is significantly reduced, possibly to the range estimated from seismology and this study, especially when water is present to weaken the plate boundary.
If the model contains a local weak zone (hot spot or fault zone), the rift junction is located at this zone.
