The relationship between displacement and length of faults: a review

YS Kim, DJ Sanderson - Earth-Science Reviews, 2005‏ - Elsevier
The relationship between maximum displacement (dmax) and fault length (L) has been
studied extensively, mainly in attempts to understand how fault geometry varies over …

Propagation, interaction and linkage in normal fault systems

DCP Peacock - Earth-Science Reviews, 2002‏ - Elsevier
Recent advances are reviewed in the understanding of the geometry and development of
steep, planar normal faults with up to hundreds of meters throw in multilayered sedimentary …

[کتاب][B] The mechanics of earthquakes and faulting

CH Scholz - 2019‏ - books.google.com
This essential reference for graduate students and researchers provides a unified treatment
of earthquakes and faulting as two aspects of brittle tectonics at different timescales. The …

Location of largest earthquake slip and fast rupture controlled by along‐strike change in fault structural maturity due to fault growth

C Perrin, I Manighetti, JP Ampuero… - Journal of …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Earthquake slip distributions are asymmetric along strike, but the reasons for the asymmetry
are unknown. We address this question by establishing empirical relations between …

Glossary of fault and other fracture networks

DCP Peacock, CW Nixon, A Rotevatn… - Journal of Structural …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Increased interest in the two-and three-dimensional geometries and development of faults
and other types of fractures in rock has led to an increasingly bewildering terminology. Here …

Sublinear scaling of fracture aperture versus length: an exception or the rule?

JE Olson - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2003‏ - Wiley Online Library
Observations of natural fracture dimensions have sparked a continuing debate as to the
nature of the fundamental relationship between fracture aperture (maximum opening) and …

Relation between vein length and aperture

JM Vermilye, CH Scholz - Journal of structural geology, 1995‏ - Elsevier
Veins formed in a variety of rock types and tectonic environments were measured at seven
field locations to determine a general scaling relationship between the length and opening …

The shapes, major axis orientations and displacement patterns of fault surfaces

A Nicol, J Watterson, JJ Walsh, C Childs - Journal of Structural Geology, 1996‏ - Elsevier
Displacement contour diagrams constructed using seismic reflection data and coal-mine
plans are analysed to establish the factors determining the dimensions, shapes and …

[HTML][HTML] A model of normal fault interaction based on observations and theory

A Gupta, CH Scholz - Journal of structural Geology, 2000‏ - Elsevier
Recent earthquakes have shown that fault interaction can affect rupture sequences.
However, few criteria are currently available to determine which fault segments are strongly …

A conceptual model for the origin of fault damage zone structures in high-porosity sandstone

ZK Shipton, PA Cowie - Journal of Structural Geology, 2003‏ - Elsevier
We present a conceptual model to explain the development of damage zones around faults
in high-porosity sandstones. Damage zone deformation has been particularly well …