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Thrust Fault Mechanics

Thrust Fault Mechanics is a theoretical framework within structural geology that characterizes the mechanical behavior and deformation processes governing the initiation, propagation, and slip along thrust faults in compressional tectonic settings.

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Master “blind” thrust faults hidden under the Zagros folds: active basement tectonics and surface morphotectonics

Manuel Berberian · Tectonophysics · 1995 · 977 citations

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Frictional constraints on thrust, wrench and normal faults

Richard H. Sibson · Nature · 1974 · 584 citations

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Earth Tides Can Trigger Shallow Thrust Fault Earthquakes

E. S. Cochran, J. E. Vidale, Sachiko Tanaka · Science · 2004 · 401 citations

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Modeling mountain building and the seismic cycle in the Himalaya of Nepal

Rodolphe Cattin, Jean‐Philippe Avouac · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2000 · 363 citations · Full text

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Mechanics of Low-Angle Overthrust Faulting as Illustrated by Cumberland Thrust Block, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee

John L. Rich · AAPG Bulletin · 1934 · 335 citations

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Authors

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  1. RA
    Richard A. Schultz

    University of Nevada, Reno, United States

    5 publications · 389 citations

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  2. TR
    T. R. Watters

    Smithsonian Institution, United States

    5 publications · 424 citations

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  3. JB
    John B. Rundle

    University of California, Davis, United States

    4 publications · 88 citations

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  4. RJ
    Robert J. McCaffrey

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

    4 publications · 242 citations

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  5. AL
    Aiming Lin

    Shizuoka University, Japan

    3 publications · 88 citations

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Institutions

377

  1. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    14 h-index

    51 publications

    2.4K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    10 h-index

    27 publications

    1.7K citations

  3. China Earthquake Administration

    Beijing, China

    8 h-index

    21 publications

    683 citations

  4. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    8 h-index

    24 publications

    2.6K citations

  5. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    1.5K citations

  6. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    7 h-index

    20 publications

    3K citations

  7. Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

    Yokosuka, Japan

    6 h-index

    20 publications

    750 citations

  8. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

    Rome, Italy

    6 h-index

    19 publications

    1.1K citations

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  1. Journal of Structural Geology

    40 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. Tectonophysics

    27 publications · 2.2K citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 21 publications · 1.5K citations

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  4. Geophysical Research Letters

    21 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. Geological Society of America Bulletin

    17 publications · 516 citations

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