Segmentation along strike-slip faults revisited

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 166, Issue 10-11, 2009, Pages 1575-1594

  Joussineau, Ghislain ^a,b   Aydin, Atilla ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEICIP FRANLAB   (France)

Author keywords

Faul ttrace complexity; Fault segment length; Fault step; Fault step length; Fault step width; Hierarchical self similar fault architecture; Strike slip faults

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VALLEY OF FIRE STATE PARK;

EID: 70349733010     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-009-0511-4     Document Type: Article

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