On the possibility of elastic strain localisation in a fault

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 161, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 2309-2326

  Pasternak, E ^a,b   Muhlhaus H B ^c,d   Dyskin, A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contact stiffness; Cosserat continuum theory; Gouge; Homogenisation; Rotational degrees of freedom

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT GOUGE; STRAIN ANALYSIS; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 6444221353     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-004-2565-7     Document Type: Article

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