Quantifying Anderson's fault types

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B8, 1997, Pages 17909-17919

  Simpson, Robert W ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORMAL FAULT; REVERSE FAULT; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE SLIP FAULT;

EID: 0031423597     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb01274     Document Type: Article

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