Fault growth by segment linkage: an explanation for scatter in maximum displacement and trace length data from the Canyonlands Grabens of SE Utah

Journal of Structural Geology - Tập 17 Số 9 - Trang 1319-1326 - 1995
Joseph A. Cartwright1, Bruce D. Trudgill1, Christopher S. Mansfield1
1Department of Geology, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BP, U.K.

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