Evaluating sand and clay models: Do rheological differences matter?

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1399-1412

  Eisenstadt, Gloria ^a   Sims, Darrell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extension; Inversion; Physical models; Reactivation; Rheology; Sand; Shortening; Wet clay

Indexed keywords

DRY SAND; FAULT REACTIVATION; INVERSION MODELS; WET CLAY;

CLAY; DEFORMATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RHEOLOGY; SAND; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CLAY; MODELING; RHEOLOGY; SAND; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 24344459454     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2005.04.010     Document Type: Article

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