True three-dimensional trishear: A kinematic model for strike-slip and oblique-slip deformation

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 938-952

  Cristallini, Ernesto O ^a   Giambiagi, Laura ^a   Allmendinger, Richard W ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault propagation deformation; Fractures; Numerical model; Oblique slip; Strike slip; Trishear

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT GRADIENTS; HELICOIDAL GEOMETRY; KINEMATIC MODELS; TRISHEAR DEFORMATION;

CONFINED FLOW; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; MODEL STRUCTURES; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

GEOLOGY;

FAULTING; FRACTURE MECHANICS; OBLIQUE FAULT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 3543138874     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25273.1     Document Type: Article

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