A Quadshear kinematic model for folding and clay smear development in fault zones

Tectonophysics

Volumn 471, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 186-202

  Welch, Michael J ^a   Knipe, Rob J ^a   Souque, Christine ^a   Davies, Russell K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay smear; Modeling; Quadshear; Trishear

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE LAYERS; CLAY SMEAR; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT ZONE; FAULT ZONE EVOLUTION; KINEMATIC MODEL; LEAK POINTS; MODELING; QUADSHEAR; SHEAR ZONE; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES; TRISHEAR;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; DUCTILE FRACTURE; GEOLOGIC MODELS; KINEMATICS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CLAY MINERALS;

CLAY; DISPLACEMENT; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT ZONE; FOLDING; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EID: 67349270578     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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