The importance of the effective intermediate principal stress (σ′2) to fault slip patterns

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 950-959

  Morris, Alan P ^a   Ferrill, David A ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Faults; Rock strength; Slip tendency; Stress analysis; Transmissivity

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIP; FAULTS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; INTERMEDIATE PRINCIPAL STRESS; POTENTIAL SURFACES; PRINCIPAL STRESS; ROCK DEFORMATION; ROCK MASS STRENGTH; ROCK STRENGTH; SLIP TENDENCY; STRESS REGIME; TRANSMISSIVITY;

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; FRACTURE; ROCKS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRESS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT SLIP; FRACTURE; SLIP RATE; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS FIELD; TRANSMISSIVITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 69949108950     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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