Separation of polyphase fault/slip data: An objective-function algorithm based on hard division

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 829-840

  Shan, Yehua ^a,b   Suen, Hongbin ^b   Lin, Ge ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Cluster analysis; Fault slip data; Hard division; Polyphase; Stress inversion

Indexed keywords

OBJECTIVE-FUNCTION ALGORITHMS (OFA);

STRESS ANALYSIS; TECTONICS; TENSORS; VECTORS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAULT SLIP; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; TECTONICS;

EID: 0037410771     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(02)00082-2     Document Type: Article

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