Similarities between strike-slip faults at different scales and a simple age determining method for active faults

Island Arc

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 128-143

  Kim, Young Seog ^a   Sanderson, David J ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cumulative displacement; Dating fault; Earthquake slip; Fault length; Fractal dimension; Scale; Self similarity; Strike slip fault

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DATING METHOD; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; SCALE EFFECT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

EID: 2042547416     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2003.00410.x     Document Type: Article

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