A new approach for paleostress analysis from kink bands: Application of fault-slip methods

Journal of Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-176

  Srivastava, Deepak C ^a   Lisle, Richard J ^a,b   Imran, Mohd ^a,c   Kandpal, Rajeev ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Natl Cncl Cement and Bldg Mat ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIP; KINK BAND; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032806514     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314340     Document Type: Article

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