Statistical tests of scaling relationships for geologic structures

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 85-94

  Schultz, Richard A ^a   Klimczak, Christian ^b   Fossen, Haakon ^c   Olson, Jon E ^d   Exner, Ulrike ^e   Reeves, Donald M ^f   Soliva, Roger ^g  

^a Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^e NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^f DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Compaction bands; Deformation bands; Displacement length scaling; Faulting; Scaling

Indexed keywords

CATACLASTIC DEFORMATION; COMPACTION BANDS; DEFORMATION BAND; DISAGGREGATION; DISPLACEMENT-LENGTH SCALING; FAR-FIELD STRESS; GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES; IGNEOUS DIKES; LENGTH SCALE; LINEAR DEPENDENCE; MAXIMUM DISPLACEMENT; MECHANICAL MODEL; POWER LAW SCALINGS; POWER-LAW; SCALING; SCALING RELATIONS; SCALING RELATIONSHIPS; SQUARE ROOTS; TIME-SCALES;

COMPACTION; FAULTING; FRACTURE; STATISTICAL TESTS;

DEFORMATION;

COMPACTION; DATA SET; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; FAULTING; HOST ROCK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 84873719617     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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