Using fault displacement and slip tendency to estimate stress states

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 83, Issue , 2016, Pages 60-72

  Morris, Alan P ^a   Ferrill, David A ^a   McGinnis, Ronald N ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Displacement; Fault; Normal; Slip tendency; Stress

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESSES;

DISPLACEMENT; DISPLACEMENT GRADIENTS; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT ORIENTATIONS; NORMAL; SLIP TENDENCY; STRESS PERTURBATIONS; TENDENCY ANALYSIS;

FAULT SLIPS;

DISPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMIC ZONE; STRESS FIELD; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84953290016     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2015.11.010     Document Type: Article

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