Relations between jointing and faulting based on fracture-spacing ratios and fault-slip profiles: A new method to estimate strain in layered rocks

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 887-890

  Gross, Michael R ^a   Bahat, Dov ^b   Becker, Alexander ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Ramon Science Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEER; FRACTURE; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ESTIMATION; ROCKS; STRAIN; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

ELASTIC STRAIN; FAULT GEOMETRY; FRACTURE SPACING; JOINT DENSITIES; LOCAL STRUCTURE; NORMAL FAULT ZONES; SLIP DISTRIBUTION; SLIP GRADIENTS; FAULT SLIP PROFILES; FRACTURE SPACING RATIOS; LAYERED ROCKS;

FAULT SLIPS; LITHOLOGY;

CHERT; FAULT SLIP; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; FRACTURE; NORMAL FAULT; WALL ROCK; JOINTING; LAYERED ROCKS; STRAIN;

BEER SHEVA; ISRAEL; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 0031251735     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0887:RBJAFB>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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