Test of the frictional reactivation theory for faults and validity of fault-slip analysis

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 569-572

  Lisle, Richard J ^a   Srivastava, Deepak C ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Fault slip; Paleostress; Reactivation; Slip tendency

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIPS; FRICTIONAL RESISTANCE;

DATA REDUCTION; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

GEOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT SLIP; PALEOSEISMICITY; STRESS FIELD;

EID: 3543103246     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20408.1     Document Type: Article

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