The effect of the intermediate principal stress on fault formation and fault angle in siltstone

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1701-1711

  Haimson, Bezalel ^a   Rudnicki, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Fault angle; Faulting; Mohr Coulomb; Shear localization; Siltstone; Strength criterion; True triaxial test

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION; FAULT ANGLE; FAULTING; MOHR-COULOMB; SHEAR LOCALIZATIONS; SILTSTONES; STRENGTH CRITERIA; TRUE TRIAXIAL TESTS;

COMPRESSION TESTING;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS);

COMPRESSION; COULOMB CRITERION; FAILURE MECHANISM; FAULTING; MOHR THEORY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; SILTSTONE; STRESS ANALYSIS; TRIAXIAL TEST;

CHELUNGPU FAULT ZONE; TAIWAN;

EID: 78649802798     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2009.08.017     Document Type: Article

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