Sampling of fault populations using sub-surface data: A review

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 135-146

  Yielding, Graham ^a   Needham, Tim ^a   Jones, Helen ^a  

^a Badley Earth Sciences Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE ANALYSIS; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; SAMPLING;

ARBITRARY DISPLACEMENTS; FAULT POPULATIONS; FAULT TRACE LENGTHS; FAULT TRACE MAXIMUM DISPLACEMENTS;

TECTONICS;

FAULT POPULATION; FRACTAL MODEL; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029668311     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(96)80039-3     Document Type: Article

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