Prediction of faulting from the theories of elasticity and plasticity: What are the limits?

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 301-320

  Gerbault, Muriel ^a   Poliakov, Alexei N B ^a   Daignieres, Marc ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; ELASTOPLASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTICITY; STRAIN; TECTONICS;

GEOLOGIC FAULTING;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ELASTICITY; FAULTING; PLASTICITY;

EID: 0032004288     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(97)00089-8     Document Type: Article

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