Spatial distribution of deformation bands in damage zones of extensional faults in porous sandstones: Statistical analysis of field data

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 148-162

  Schueller, Sylvie ^a   Braathen, Alvar ^a,b   Fossen, Haakon ^a,c   Tveranger, Jan ^a  

^a Uni Research   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clustering; Deformation bands; Fault damage zone; Fault growth; Width throw relationship

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; SANDSTONE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CLUSTERING; DEFORMATION BAND; FAULT DAMAGE ZONE; FAULT GROWTH; WIDTH-THROW RELATIONSHIP;

DEFORMATION;

ACTIVE FAULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DAMAGE; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT ZONE; OUTCROP; POROUS MEDIUM; SANDSTONE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84892533813     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2013.03.013     Document Type: Article

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