Influence of measurement errors on stress estimated from single-phase fault/slip data

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 943-951

  Shan, Yehua ^a   Lin, Ge ^b   Li, Zian ^b   Zhao, Chongbin ^c  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fault slip data; Influence; Measurement error; Reduced sigma space; Stress inversion

Indexed keywords

FAULT/SLIP DATA; REDUCED SIGMA SPACE; STRESS INVERSION;

ESTIMATION; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; STRESSES; TECTONICS; VECTORS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DATA INVERSION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FAULT SLIP; STRESS MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33744943283     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2006.03.025     Document Type: Article

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