Deformation fields around a fault embedded in a non-linear ductile medium

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 473-490

  Barr, Terence D ^a   Houseman, Gregory A ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deformation; Ductile fault models; Fault slip; Rheology; Sediments; Stress distribution

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DUCTILE FAULT MODEL; FAULT SLIP; RHEOLOGY; STRESS;

EID: 0029754665     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb00012.x     Document Type: Article

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