Application of three fault growth criteria to the Puente Hills thrust system, Los Angeles, California, USA

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1765-1777

  Olson, Erik L ^a,b   Cooke, Michele L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chelon fault propagation; Energy release rate; Navi r Coulomb stress; Puente Hills thrust; Strain energy density

Indexed keywords

ECHELON FAULT PROPAGATION; ENERGY RELEASE RATE; NAVIER-COULOMB STRESS; STRAIN ENERGY DENSITY;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN; STRESSES; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FAULT PROPAGATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THRUST;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PUENTE HILLS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26644459709     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2005.02.005     Document Type: Article

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