Browsing by Subject "Faults (Geology)"
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Analytical study of displacements along faults with irregular fault-plane geometry
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1976)The growth of slip along a bend in a fault is analyzed using complex variable techniques of plane elasticity and conformal mapping of the fault-plane geometry. The analytical model uses fault-displacements of the form, [(s ... -
Effects of fault-gouge on the frictional properties of rocks : an experimental study
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1977)The effects of fault gouge on the sliding behavior of rocks are studied experimentally to gain a better understanding of the mechanism of shallow focus earthquakes along pre-existing natural faults. Nearly 200 specimens ... -
Kirchhoff integral applied to two-dimensional seismic modeling of a growth fault in the Niger delta region
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1980)Over seventy percent of the oil and gas fields found in the delta region is associated with growth faults. Recognition of this type of fault system therefore will play an important role in future petroleum exploration and ... -
Mechanical properties of ultrafine quartz, chlorite and bentonite in environments appropriate to upper-crustal earthquakes
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1981)This dissertation is concerned with understanding frictional deformation mechanisms in the context of earthquake prediction. Using experimental rock deformation techniques, attempts are made to simulate realistic hypocentral ... -
Mesozoic sedimentary rock features resulting from volume movements required in drape folds at corners of basement blocks--Casper Mountain Area, Wyoming
(Texas A&M University, 1976)Not available -
Normal-fault and fold development in sedimentary rocks above a pre-existing basement normal fault
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1984)Comparisons of field, experimental, and theoretical data on the deformation in a sedimentary layer due to movement on an underlying, pre-existing basement fault, provide the basis for a conceptual normal-fault model in ... -
Structural analysis of the Polochic fault zone in western Guatemala, Central America
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1982)The deformation adjacent to, and within, a 40 km segment of the seismogenic Polochic fault zone is studied with a view towards investigating the processes and environment of deformation within the fault zone, and from these ... -
A study in extensional tectonics
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1989)Boudin wavelength to thickness ratios are determined by: (1) the value of the power-law exponent in the layer, (2) the ratio of layer strength to confining medium strength; and (3) the ease of slip on the layer-medium ... -
Styles of deformation in the ramp regions of overthrust faults
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1978)The presently available and widely used model describing the style of deformation of rocks in ramp regions of overthrust faults is that proposed by Rich (1934) for the Pine Mountain overthrust in the southern Appalachian ... -
The transition from cataclasis to intracrystalline plasticity in experimental shear zones
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1988)The change with depth in the Earth's crust from cataclastic faulting to dislocation-dominated (intracrystalline-plastic) ductile flow is correlative with many geological and geophysical phenomena. An analogous transition ...