Simulating brittle fault growth from linkage of preexisting structures

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Lunn, Rebecca J ^a   Willson, Jonathan P ^b   Shipton, Zoe K ^c   Moir, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMAGE MECHANICS; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT ZONE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 51449122736     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005388     Document Type: Article

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