A new apparatus for analog modeling of clay smears

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 905-912

  Karakouzian, Moses ^a   Hudyma, Nick ^a  

^a University of Nevada Las Vegas   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog modeling; Clay smears; Deformation history; Shear bands

Indexed keywords

ROCK FORMATIONS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOILS;

CLAY;

ANALOG MODEL; CLAY; DEFORMATION; FAULT; FLUID FLOW; LAYERED MEDIUM; SHEAR BAND;

EID: 0036206729     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(01)00106-7     Document Type: Article

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