Changes in fault length distributions due to fault linkage

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-30

  Xu, Shunshan ^a   Nieto Samaniego, A F ^a   Alaniz Alvarez S A ^a   Velasquillo Martinez L G ^b   Grajales Nishimura, J M ^b   Garcia Hernandez J ^c   Murillo Muneton G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^c Activo Cantarell ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fault; Fault length; Fault linkage; Population; Power law

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; LENGTH-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF CAMPECHE; CANTARELL FIELD; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 71549162063     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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