Glossary of fault and other fracture networks

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 92, Issue , 2016, Pages 12-29

  Peacock, D C P ^a   Nixon, C W ^a   Rotevatn, A ^a   Sanderson, D J ^b   Zuluaga, L F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faults; Fractures; Geometry; Kinematics; Networks; Topology

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); TOPOLOGY;

FRACTURE NETWORK; GEOLOGICAL FAULT; THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY;

FRACTURE;

FAULT GEOMETRY; FRACTURE NETWORK; KINEMATICS; ROCK; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 84988517303     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2016.09.008     Document Type: Article

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