Controls on strain localization in a two-dimensional elastoplastic layer: Insights into size-frequency scaling of extensional fault populations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Hardacre, Kathryn M ^a   Cowie, Patience A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extension; Faulting; Localization; Modeling; Scaling

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULT; MODELING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

EID: 1642359234     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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