Geometric and morphologic evolution of normal fault planes and traces from 2D to 4D data

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 135-158

  Marchal, Denis ^a,d   Guiraud, Michel ^b   Rives, Thierry ^c  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c CSTJF   (France)

^d Perez Companc De Venezuela   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Geometry; Normal fault; Propagation; Termination

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); GEOMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY;

FAULT PROPAGATIONS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PLANE; FAULT PROPAGATION; NORMAL FAULT; SEGMENTATION;

EID: 0036030029     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(02)00011-1     Document Type: Article

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