Assessing the statistical significance of palaeostress estimates: simulations using random fault-slips

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 952-956

  Orife, Tobore ^a   Lisle, Richard J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Fault slip analysis; Palaeostress; Statistics

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIP ANALYSIS; PALEOSTRESS; SLIP LINEATION; STRESS ORIENTATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURVE FITTING; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRESSES; TECTONICS; TENSORS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DATA QUALITY; DATA SET; FAULT SLIP; PALEOSTRESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33744901162     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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