Reactivation tendency analysis: A theory for predicting the temporal evolution of preexisting weakness under uniform stress state

Tectonophysics

Volumn 503, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 195-200

  Tong, Hengmao ^a   Yin, An ^b,c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Mohr space; Preexisting weakness; Reactivation; Sandbox experiment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; BEND GEOMETRY; COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; COHESIVE STRENGTH; CRITICAL INFORMATION; FRACTURE CRITERIA; FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM; GRAPHICAL TECHNIQUE; MECHANICAL CONTROL; MOHR SPACE; MULTIPLE SET; NORMAL FAULTS; PLANAR GEOMETRIES; PREEXISTING WEAKNESS; PRINCIPAL STRESS; REACTIVATION; SANDBOX EXPERIMENT; SANDBOX EXPERIMENTS; SINGLE FAULT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TENDENCY ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; UNIFORM STRESS;

EXPERIMENTS; GEOMETRY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

FRACTURE;

ACTIVE FAULT; COULOMB CRITERION; DEFORMATION; FAULT GEOMETRY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MOHR THEORY; SEISMICITY; STRESS FIELD;

EID: 79954633565     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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