Kinematics and dynamics of fault reactivation: The Cosserat approach

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-27

  Žalohar, Jure ^a   Vrabec, Marko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cosserat continuum; Fault reactivation; Fault slip analysis; Kinematic analysis; Paleostress analysis

Indexed keywords

COSSERAT CONTINUUM; FAULT REACTIVATION; FAULT-SLIP ANALYSIS; KINEMATIC ANALYSIS; PALEOSTRESS ANALYSIS;

DEFORMATION; FRICTION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; KINEMATICS; SHEAR STRESS;

TENSORS;

CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT SLIP; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOSTRESS; SHEAR STRESS; SKEWNESS; STRAIN RATE; STRESS ANALYSIS; SYMMETRY;

EID: 73449133692     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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