The moment method used to infer stress from fault/slip data in sigma space: invalidity and modification

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1208-1213

  Shan, Yehua ^a,b   Fry, Norman ^c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biased sampling; Fault slip data; Indeterminacy; Moment method; Sigma space; Stress inversion

Indexed keywords

FAULT/SLIP DATA; SIGMA SPACE; STRESS INVERSION;

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; STRESSES; TECTONICS; VECTORS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EIGENVALUE; FAULT SLIP; STRESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33744990207     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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