DEM simulation of normal faults in cohesive materials

Tectonophysics

Volumn 512, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 12-21

  Abe, Steffen ^a   van Gent, Heijn ^a   Urai, Janos L ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dilatant fractures; Normal faulting; Numerical modeling; Sandbox

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT FAULTS; COHESIVE MATERIALS; DEM SIMULATION; FAULT SYSTEM; FUNDAMENTAL STRUCTURES; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MODEL GEOMETRY; NORMAL FAULTING; NORMAL FAULTS; NORMAL STRESS; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODELS; OPEN CAVITY; PARAMETER STUDIES; SANDBOX; SANDBOX EXPERIMENTS; SIMULATION PARAMETERS; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; STRUCTURAL STYLES; TENSILE FAILURES;

CATCHMENTS; FRACTURE; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL METHODS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ANALOG MODEL; BASEMENT ROCK; BRITTLE MEDIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; FORMATION MECHANISM; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; NORMAL FAULT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; TENSILE STRESS;

EID: 81555214076     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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