Models of fracture lineaments - Joint swarms, fracture corridors and faults in crystalline rocks, and their genetic relations

Tectonophysics

Volumn 628, Issue , 2014, Pages 26-44

  Gabrielsen, Roy H ^a,b   Braathen, Alvar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fault architecture; Fault rock; Fault strain; Fracture corridor; Fracture lineament; Joint swarm

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; REMOTE SENSING; STRAIN HARDENING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; ROCKS;

ASYMMETRIC PATTERNS; FAULT ARCHITECTURE; FAULT ROCK; FAULT STRAIN; FRACTURE CORRIDORS; FRACTURE FREQUENCY; INTRINSIC GEOMETRY; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS;

FRACTURE;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HANGING WALL; JOINT; LINEAMENT; STRAIN RATE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; FAULT; FRACTURE; MODELING; STRAIN; STRAIN ANALYSIS;

NORWAY;

EID: 84910144089     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2014.04.022     Document Type: Article

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