Deformation behavior during blind thrust translation as a function of fault strength

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 855-874

  Smart, Kevin J ^a   Krieg, Raymond D ^b   Dunne, William M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLIND THRUST TRANSLATION; FAULT STRENGTH; FAULT TRANSLATION;

DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLOGY;

ROCKS;

DEFORMATION; FAULTING; STRENGTH; THRUST;

EID: 0033165640     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00050-4     Document Type: Article

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