Scaling of fault damage zones with displacement and the implications for fault growth processes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Faulkner, D R ^a   Mitchell, T M ^b   Jensen, E ^c   Cembrano, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT ZONE; LITHOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

ATACAMA; CHILE;

EID: 79958030966     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007788     Document Type: Article

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