3-D stochastic modeling and simulation of fault zones in the Albalá granitic pluton, SW Iberian Variscan Massif

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1487-1506

  Escuder Viruete, J ^a   Carbonell, R ^b   Marti D ^b   Perez Estaun A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fault zones; Fracture index distribution method; Granitic rock massif; Iberian Variscan Massif; Stochastic modeling

Indexed keywords

FAULT SYSTEMS;

BRITTLENESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; RANDOM PROCESSES; ROCKS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

TECTONICS;

DEFORMATION; FAULT; GRANITE; PLUTON; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

SPAIN;

EID: 0038682727     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(02)00183-9     Document Type: Article

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