Displacement-length scaling in three dimensions: The importance of aspect ratio and application to deformation bands

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1389-1411

  Schultz, Richard A ^a   Fossen, Haakon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Deformation bands; Displacement length scaling; Fault growth; Fracture populations; Structural geology

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT-LENGTH SCALING;

ASPECT RATIO; DEFORMATION; POISSON RATIO; SANDSTONE; STRAIN; STRATIGRAPHY; YIELD STRESS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; FAULTING; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 0036305644     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(01)00146-8     Document Type: Article

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