Polymodal faulting: Time for a new angle on shear failure

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 57-71

  Healy, David ^a   Blenkinsop, Thomas G ^b   Timms, Nicholas E ^c   Meredith, Philip G ^d   Mitchell, Thomas M ^d   Cooke, Michele L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjugate; Failure; Fault; Pattern; Polymodal; Quadrimodal

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; ELASTICITY; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FAULTING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; SHEAR FLOW; STRAIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CONJUGATE; FUNDAMENTAL LIMITATIONS; INTERMEDIATE PRINCIPAL STRESS; MOHR-COULOMB FAILURE CRITERION; PATTERN; POLYMODAL; QUADRIMODAL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRAINS;

FAULT SLIPS;

COULOMB CRITERION; DEFORMATION; FAULT SLIP; FAULTING; NORMAL FAULT; OUTCROP; PLANE STRAIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONICS; THRUST FAULT;

EID: 84941236185     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2015.08.013     Document Type: Review

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