Stress-field rotation and rooted detachment faults: A Coulomb failure analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B9, 1997, Pages 20503-20514

  Wills, Stewart ^a   Buck, W Roger ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COULOMB CRITERION; COULOMB FAILURE; DETACHMENT; DETACHMENT FAULT; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FAULT; NORMAL FAULTING; STRESS FIELD;

EID: 0031411555     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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