Dilatant normal faulting in jointed cohesive rocks: A physical model study

Solid Earth

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 843-856

  Kettermann, Michael ^a   Von Hagke, Christoph ^a   Van Gent, Heijn W ^a,b   Grützner, Christoph ^a,c   Urai, Janos L ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; FAULTING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ANALOGUE MODELING; COHESIVE POWDER; DEFORMATION HISTORY; FRACTURE CONNECTIVITY; LOCALIZATION PATTERNS; MAXIMUM DISPLACEMENT; NORMAL FAULTING; PARTICLE IMAGING VELOCIMETRY;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84971575139     PISSN: 18699510     EISSN: 18699529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/se-7-843-2016     Document Type: Article

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