The thickness of faults: From laboratory experiments to field scale observations

Tectonophysics

Volumn 426, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 77-94

  Chambon, G ^a,b   Schmittbuhl, J ^a,d   Corfdir, A ^c   Orellana, N ^d   Diraison, M ^d   Geraud Y ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^d UMR 7063   (France)

Author keywords

Fault core; Fault gouge and breccia; Fault zone thickness; Friction; Permeability anisotropy

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BRECCIA; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ZONE; PERMEABILITY; SHEAR STRAIN; TECTONOPHYSICS;

EID: 33749683939     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.02.014     Document Type: Article

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