Determining the uniqueness of best-fit trishear models

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1063-1078

  Cardozo, Nestor ^a   Jackson, Christopher A L ^b   Whipp, Paul S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fault propagation folding; Inverse modeling; Trishear; Uniqueness

Indexed keywords

ANALOG MODELS; BEST-FIT MODELS; CLAY MODEL; DATA SETS; DATA UNCERTAINTY; FAULT DEVELOPMENT; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT SLIP; GROWTH STRATA; GULF OF SUEZ; INVERSE MODELING; LOCAL MINIMUMS; PARAMETER SPACES; POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SIMULATED ANNEALING ALGORITHMS; STRUCTURAL VARIABILITY; SURFACE COVERAGES; TRISHEAR; UNIQUENESS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

SIMULATED ANNEALING;

ALGORITHM; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT SLIP; FOLDING; INVERSE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR; SIMULATED ANNEALING; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; UPLIFT;

EGYPT; GULF OF SUEZ; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; TAIWAN;

EID: 79956081344     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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