Experimental modeling of strike-slip faults and the self-similar behavior

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 193, Issue , 2001, Pages 21-27

  Schöpfer, Martin P J ^a   Steyrer, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIPS; SAND; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

ANALOGUE MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL MODELING; FRICTIONAL ANGLES; PACKING DENSITY; SAND PROPERTIES; SANDBOX EXPERIMENTS; SCALING PROBLEM; UNDESIRABLE EFFECTS;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAIN SIZE; PACKING; SAND; SHEAR ZONE; SIZE STRUCTURE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

EID: 84871234661     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1193-2.21     Document Type: Article

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