Geological controls on fault relay zone scaling

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1790-1800

  Long, Jonathan J ^a   Imber, Jonathan ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspect ratio; Fault interaction; Mechanical stratigraphy; Relay zone scaling; Stress field

Indexed keywords

BOUNDING FAULTS; DATA SETS; FAULT INTERACTIONS; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT TIPS; FIRST-ORDER; GEOLOGICAL CONTROL; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; HOST ROCKS; MECHANICAL STRATIGRAPHY; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; OVERLAP LENGTH; POWER LAW SCALINGS; POWER-LAW RELATIONSHIP; PRIMARY CONTROL; RELAY RAMPS; RELAY ZONE SCALING; SCALE-INVARIANT; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEPARATION DISTANCES; STRESS FIELD; STRESS INTERACTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY;

LITHOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ASPECT RATIO;

FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT ZONE; HOST ROCK; LITHOLOGY; POWER LAW; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRESS FIELD; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

EID: 81355148514     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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