A resampling approach to test stress-field uniformity from fault data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 535-542

  Albarello, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fault plane solutions; Inversion; Statistical methods; Stress distribution

Indexed keywords

FAULT PLANE; INVERSE PROBLEM; STRESS;

EID: 0034107357     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00034.x     Document Type: Article

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