Statistical analysis of the relationships between faults attributes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Kolyukhin, Dmitriy ^a   Torabi, Anita ^a  

^a Uni Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULTING; NORMAL FAULT; PARAMETERIZATION; POWER LAW; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

EID: 84861153780     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008880     Document Type: Article

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