Trishear: A review of kinematics, mechanics,andapplications

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 94, 2011, Pages 95-119

  Hardy, Stuart ^a,b   Allmendinger, Richard W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PROPAGATION; FOLDING; KINEMATICS; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR ZONE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84865598788     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/13251334M943429     Document Type: Review

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