Nucleation, growth, and linkage of faults ,in oblique rift zones: Results from experimental clay models and implications for maximum fault size

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 455-458

  Clifton, Amy E ^a   Schlische, Roy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Experimental modeling; Extensional tectonics; Fault growth; Oblique rifting

Indexed keywords

CLAY; EARTHQUAKES; NUCLEATION;

RIFT ZONES;

GEOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PROPAGATION; MODEL TEST; RIFT ZONE;

EID: 84874979788     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0455:NGALOF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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