The scaling of geological faults

11th International Conference on Fracture 2005, ICF11

Volumn 8, Issue , 2005, Pages 5958-5961

  Scholz, Christopher H ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE PROCESS; CRACK DENSITY; CRACK MODEL; CRACK TIP STRESS; DISPLACEMENT PROFILES; ELASTIC-PLASTIC; ENERGY INCREASE; FAULT LENGTH; GEOLOGICAL FAULT; INTERGRANULAR; LINEAR DISPLACEMENTS; OPENING MODE FRACTURE; PROCESS ZONE; SELF-SIMILAR; SHEAR DISPLACEMENT; SHEAR FRACTURE;

CRACK TIPS; CRACKS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FRACTURE;

FAULTING;

EID: 84869769807     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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