Kinematically-equivalent but geomechanically-different simulations of fault evolution: The role of loading configurations

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 292, Issue , 2007, Pages 159-172

  Lewis, Helen ^a,c   Hall, S A ^b   Guest, J ^a,c   Couples, G D ^a,c  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATOIRE SOLS SOLIDES STRUCTURES   (France)

^c Edinburgh Research Partnership in Engineering and Mathematics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULTING; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRICTION; KINETICS; MODELING; STRAIN RATE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EID: 38349180125     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP292.9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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