Field examples of variations in fault patterns at different scales

Terra Nova

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 361-371

  Peacock, D C P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULT PATTERN; SCALE EFFECT; SCALING RELATIONSHIPS;

EID: 0030436073     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1996.tb00569.x     Document Type: Article

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