Fault terminations and barriers to fault growth

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1885-1896

  d'Alessio, Matthew A ^a   Martel, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault terminations; Fractures; Mechanics; Scaling

Indexed keywords

FAULT GROWTH; FAULT TERMINATION;

CRACK PROPAGATION; DEFORMATION; ROCKS; SEISMOLOGY; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

GEOLOGY;

FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PROPAGATION; SCALE EFFECT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 4143053529     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2004.01.010     Document Type: Article

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