Quantification of fold curvature and fracturing using terrestrial laser scanning

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 771-794

  Pearce, Mark A ^a   Jones, Richard R ^a   Smith, Steven A F ^b   McCaffrey, Kenneth J W ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE MECHANICS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LITHOLOGY; SCANNING; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; STRAIN RATE;

CONFINING PRESSURES; EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; FRACTURE STATISTICS; GAUSSIAN CURVATURES; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; PRINCIPAL CURVATURE; QUANTITATIVE DATA SETS; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING;

OPTICAL RADAR;

BEDDING PLANE; BRITTLE FRACTURE; CONFINING PRESSURE; CURVATURE; FOLD; FRACTURE; GAUSSIAN METHOD; LASER METHOD; LIDAR; OUTCROP; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRAIN RATE;

EID: 79957848316     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/11051010026     Document Type: Article

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