'Crack-seal', slip: A new fault valve mechanism?

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 8-9, 1999, Pages 1199-1207

  Petit, Jean Pierre ^a   Wibberley, Christopher A J ^a   Ruiz, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCKS; CRACK SEAL LIP; FAULT DEVELOPMENT;

CALCITE; CARBONATES; CRACKS; EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TECTONICS;

ROCKS;

CARBONATE ROCK; CRACKING; FAULTING; SEALING; STICK-SLIP;

EID: 0032692890     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00038-3     Document Type: Article

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