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Block Rotation

Block Rotation is a kinematic deformation mechanism in jointed rock mass behavior wherein a discrete rock block undergoes angular displacement about a fixed point or axis due to stress-induced instability along intersecting discontinuities.

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Fault locking, block rotation and crustal deformation in the Pacific Northwest

Robert J. McCaffrey, Anthony Qamar, R. W. King et al. · Geophysical Journal International · 2007 · 408 citations · Full text

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Block rotation by strike‐slip faulting: Structural and paleomagnetic evidence

Hagai Ron, Raphael Freund, Zvi Garfunkel et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1984 · 367 citations

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Efficient frequency domain selective scrambling of digital video

Wenjun Zeng, Shawmin Lei · IEEE Transactions on Multimedia · 2003 · 349 citations

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The structural evolution of the northern Viking Graben and its bearing upon extensional modes of basin formation

Michael E. Badley, John D. Price, C. RAMBECH DAHL et al. · Journal of the Geological Society · 1988 · 318 citations

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Block kinematics of the Pacific–North America plate boundary in the southwestern United States from inversion of GPS, seismological, and geologic data

Robert J. McCaffrey · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2005 · 285 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. HR
    Hagai Ron

    Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    8 publications · 1K citations

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  2. AN
    Amos Nur

    Stanford University, United States

    6 publications · 791 citations

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  3. RJ
    Robert J. McCaffrey

    University at Albany, State University of New York, United States

    3 publications · 935 citations

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  4. JW
    J. W. Geissman

    University of New Mexico, United States

    3 publications · 88 citations

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  5. SL
    Simon Lamb

    Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

    3 publications · 139 citations

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Institutions

236

  1. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

    Rome, Italy

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    312 citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    1K citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    441 citations

  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    651 citations

  6. Victoria University of Wellington

    Wellington, New Zealand

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    221 citations

  7. Sapienza University of Rome

    Rome, Italy

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    141 citations

  8. Shanghai Astronomical Observatory

    Shanghai, China

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    143 citations

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  1. Tectonics

    23 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 15 publications · 1.6K citations

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  3. Tectonophysics

    12 publications · 566 citations

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  4. Geology

    10 publications · 941 citations

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  5. Journal of the Geological Society

    JGS · 9 publications · 931 citations

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