A graphical-algebraic method for analysing shear zone displacements from observations on arbitrarily oriented outcrop surfaces

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 868-875

  Grigull, Susanne ^a   Little, Timothy A ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Displacement; Fault offsets; Finite slip; Matlab; Movement plane; Shear zones

Indexed keywords

(1 1 0) SURFACE; ALGEBRAIC METHOD (AM); DEFORMED SHAPE; ELSEVIER (CO); GRAPHICAL OPERATIONS; INPUT DATA; NEW ZEALAND; QUARTZ VEINS; SHEAR ZONES; SIMPLE SHEAR;

BOOLEAN ALGEBRA; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUARTZ; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACES; VECTORS;

SHEARING MACHINES;

DISPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; GRAPHICAL METHOD; OUTCROP; QUARTZ VEIN; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP RATE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 45649083724     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Cooper M.A., and Bamford M.L.F. A note on photography in structural geology. Journal of Structural Geology 9 (1987) 121-126
2. Fusseis F., Handy M.R., and Schrank C. Networking of shear zones at the brittle-to-viscous transition (Cap de Creus, NE Spain). Journal of Structural Geology 28 (2006) 1228-1234
3. Pennacchioni G. Control of the geometry of precursor brittle structures on the type of ductile shear zones in the Adamello tonalites, Southern Alps (Italy). Journal of Structural Geology 27 (2005) 627-644
4. Ramsay J.G., and Huber M.I. The Techniques of Modern Structural Geology, Vol. 2. Folds and Fractures (1987), Academic Press, San Diego
5. Talbot C.J. Ductile shear zones as counterflow boundaries in pseudoplastic fluids. Journal of Structural Geology 21 (1999) 1535-1551
6. Wightman R.H., Prior D.J., and Little T.A. Quartz veins deformed by diffusion creep-accommodated grain boundary sliding during a transient, high strain-rate event in the Southern Alps, New Zealand. Journal of Structural Geology 28 (2006) 902-918