MULTISTAGE EVOLUTION OF STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS REFLECTED IN THEIR DISPLACEMENT-FAULT LENGTH RELATIONSHIP (tectonophysical modeling)
S.A. Bornyakov and S.I. Sherman
Institute of the Earth's Crust, Siberian Branch of the RAS, 128 ul. Lermontova, Irkutsk, 664033, Russia
Keywords: Physical modeling, strike-slip fault, quantitative parameters of faults, fractal, synergetics
Pages: 683-689
Abstract
Multistage evolution of strike-slip faults and relationship between their displacement and length are investigated through physical modeling of elastic-viscoplastic lithosphere. The evolution of a strike-slip fault includes several stages distinguished from structural criteria and fractal analysis and marked by specific displacement-length correlation. The experimentally observed changes in this correlation are interpreted in terms of synergetics.
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