Bed-parallel compaction bands in aeolian sandstone: Their identification, characterization and implications

Tectonophysics

Volumn 479, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 277-284

  Aydin, Atilla ^a   Ahmadov, Ramil ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed parallel compaction bands; Compaction bands; Micromechanics; Porous sandstone; Shear enhanced compaction; Strain localization

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL MODE; COMPACTION BANDS; DEFORMATION BAND; DIP ANGLE; DISCRETE BANDS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GEOMETRICAL CHARACTERISTICS; GRANULAR ROCKS; HOST ROCKS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; LABORATORY ANALYSIS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PARALLEL COMPACTION; POROUS SANDSTONE; ROCK PHYSICS; SEDIMENTARY LAYERS; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS; STUDY AREAS; VERTICAL ANISOTROPY;

COMPUTATION THEORY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROMECHANICS; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; PARKS; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

COMPACTION;

COMPACTION; DEFORMATION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GRANULAR MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; MICROMECHANICS; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; ROCK MECHANICS; SANDSTONE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHEAR; STRAIN;

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

EID: 70450221931     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.08.033     Document Type: Article

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