Three-dimensional analyses of slip distributions on normal fault arrays with consequences for fault scaling

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 295-309

  Willemse, Emanuel J M ^a   Pollard, David D ^a   Aydin, Atilla ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT SCALING; NORMAL FAULT; SLIP DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS;

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ASYMMETRICAL SLIP DISTRIBUTIONS; FAULT INTERACTION; FAULT SLIP DISTRIBUTIONS; SLIP TO LENGTH RATIOS; THREE DIMENSIONAL FAULT SHAPE;

TECTONICS;

EID: 0029668317     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(96)80051-4     Document Type: Article

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