Crack formation on top of propagating reverse faults of the Chuculay Fault System, northern Chile: Insights from field data and numerical modelling

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 791-808

  González, Gabriel ^a   Gerbault, Muriel ^b   Martinod, Joseph ^c   Cembrano, José ^a   Carrizo, Daniel ^a   Allmendinger, Richard ^d   Espina, Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault scarps; Fractures; Northern Chile; Numerical modelling; Reverse faults

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CRACKS; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY;

FAULT SCARPS; REVERSE FAULTS;

TECTONICS;

CRACKING; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT SCARP; FAULT ZONE; FIELD METHOD; FOLDING; FRACTURE ZONE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REVERSE FAULT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 43949086014     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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