Analysis of the relationships between strain, polarity and population slope for normal fault systems

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1113-1127

  Moriya, Shunji ^a,b   Childs, Conrad ^a   Manzocchi, Tom ^a   Walsh, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b JAPAN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fault populations; Polarity; Reactivation; Strain localisation

Indexed keywords

FAULT STRAIN; FAULT SYSTEMS; POLARITY; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA;

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN RATE;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

FAULT ZONE; NORMAL FAULT; REACTIVATION; STRAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 18744383125     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2005.01.017     Document Type: Article

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