The Effect of Obliquity of Slip in Normal Faults on Distribution of Open Fractures

Close to surface, cohesive rocks fail in extension, which results in open fractures that can be several tens of meters wide, so-called massively dilatant faults. These open fractures make fault slip analysis in rifts challenging, as kinematic markers are absent. Faults in rifts often have oblique sl...

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Main Authors: Christoph von Hagke, Michael Kettermann, Nicolai Bitsch, Daniel Bücken, Christopher Weismüller, Janos L. Urai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2019.00018/full