Stress, strain and fault patterns

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 8-9, 1999, Pages 1065-1070

  Nieto Samaniego, Ángel Francisco ^a  

^a CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT PATTERNS; FAULTING; PALEOSTRESS ANALYSIS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN; TECTONICS; TENSORS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FAULTING; STRAIN; STRESS;

EID: 0032738049     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00016-4     Document Type: Article

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