Software for slip-tendency analysis in 3D: A plug-in for Coulomb

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2345-2352

  Neves, M C ^a   Paiva, L T ^a   Luis, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fault reactivation; Focal mechanism; Slip tendency; Stress; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

3D VISUALIZATION; COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; DEFORMATION AND STRESS; FAULT NETWORKS; FAULT REACTIVATION; FAULT SURFACES; FOCAL MECHANISM; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; GRAPHICAL INTERFACE; INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS; OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARES; PARAMETER MODIFICATION; PLUG-INS; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SLIP POTENTIAL; SLIP TENDENCY; STRESS FIELD; TENDENCY ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONS; WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MATLAB; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESSES; TECTONICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

FOCUSING;

COULOMB CRITERION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT GEOMETRY; FOCAL MECHANISM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SLIP RATE; SOFTWARE; STRESS FIELD; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 70350198015     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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