Evidence for fault weakness and fluid flow within an active low-angle normal fault

Nature

Volumn 411, Issue 6839, 2001, Pages 779-783

  Floyd, J S ^a,b   Mutter, J C ^a,b,c   Goodliffe, A M ^d   Taylor, B ^d  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b University of Hawaii ^*  (United States)

^c Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FLUID FLOW; NORMAL FAULT; SHEAR STRESS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; FLUID FLOW; GEOLOGY; HEAT TRANSFER; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; VELOCITY;

EID: 0035859025     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35081040     Document Type: Article

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