SORTAN: An Analytical Method to Determine Fault Slip as Induced by Stress

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 627-642

  Pascal, Christophe ^a,b   Angelier, Jacques ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Slip vector; Subsurface faults; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIP; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS CHANGE;

EID: 0742288481     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026238819760     Document Type: Article

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