Some theoretical implications of strike-slip faulting
When a fault occurs in the earth's crust, the ground in its vicinity becomes deformed. This thesis uses the theory of dislocations, as developed by J. A. Steketee, to examine the nature of this deformation for a variety of strike-slip fault models. The theory is developed for calculating the d...
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University of British Columbia
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/37334 |