SORTAN: A Unix program for calculation and graphical presentation of fault slip as induced by stresses

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 259-265

  Pascal, Christophe ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Fault slip directions; Graphical output; Subsurface faults; Tectonic stress; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; INVERSE KINEMATICS; KINEMATICS; SEISMOLOGY; STRESSES; TECTONICS; TENSORS; UNIX;

SORTRAN; STRESS INVERSION;

GEOLOGY;

FAULT SLIP; INVERSE ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; STRESS FIELD;

EID: 1842683849     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2003.10.008     Document Type: Article

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