Fault tip displacement gradients and process zone dimensions

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 983-997

  Cowie, Patience A ^a   Shipton, Zoe K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FINITE TIP DISPLACEMENT GRADIENTS; PLANAR FAULT MODEL; SLIPPING PATCHES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0032147810     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(98)00029-7     Document Type: Article

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