Stochastic modeling for the stress inversion of vein orientations: Paleostress analysis of Pliocene epithermal veins in southwestern Kyushu, Japan

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1137-1146

  Yamaji, Atsushi ^a   Sato, Katsushi ^a   Tonai, Satoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bingham distribution; Geothermal fluid; Tectonic stress; Vein type ore

Indexed keywords

BINGHAM DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE REGION; DIFFERENTIAL STRESS; EPITHERMAL; EXISTING METHOD; GEOTHERMAL FLUID; HOST ROCKS; LOW STRESS; MID-PLIOCENE; PALEOSTRESS ANALYSIS; PALEOSTRESSES; PLIO-PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; QUARTZ VEIN; STOCHASTIC MODELING; STRESS AXES; STRESS INVERSION; STRESS RATIO; STRESS REGIME; TECTONIC CONTROL; TECTONIC STRESS; THERMAL FLUIDS; VEIN ORIENTATION; VEIN-TYPE ORE;

FLUIDS; QUARTZ; TECTONICS;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; FORMATION MECHANISM; GOLD; HOST ROCK; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORE DEPOSIT; ORIENTATION; PALEOSTRESS; PLIOCENE; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; QUARTZ VEIN; STOCHASTICITY; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS FIELD; TECTONIC SETTING;

JAPAN; KYUSHU;

EID: 77957118470     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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