Development of strike-slip faults: Shear experiments in granular materials and clay using a new technique

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1061-1077

  An, L J ^a,b   Sammis, C G ^b  

^a Tidelands Oil Production Co   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; LANDFORMS; NUCLEATION; SHEAR STRESS;

COMPOUND FAULTS; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT COALESCENCE; FAULT PATTERNS; FAULT PROPAGATION RATE; PROTOFAULTS; RIEDEL EXPERIMENTS; SHEAR EXPERIMENTS; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE SLIP FAULTS;

TECTONICS;

ANALOGUE MODEL; FAULT GROWTH; FAULT NUCLEATION; STRIKE SLIP FAULT;

EID: 0030210041     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8141(96)00012-0     Document Type: Article

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