The e/K' diagram. An application of the "slip model" to the population fault analysis

The existing problems in the analysis of tectonical evolutions by brittle indicators in areas affected by several phases, as well as the populational analysis methods based on the concepts of eigenvalues and eigenvectors are analyzed, concluding that it is preferable to use methods in which the sing...

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Autor: Vicente Muñoz, Gerardo De
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1988
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/59502
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59502
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:551.24
Brittle tectonics
Faults
Slip model
Strain
Tectónica frágil
Fallas
Modelo de deslizamiento
Deformación
Geodinámica
2507 Geofísica
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Sumario:The existing problems in the analysis of tectonical evolutions by brittle indicators in areas affected by several phases, as well as the populational analysis methods based on the concepts of eigenvalues and eigenvectors are analyzed, concluding that it is preferable to use methods in which the singularity of each data is not lost, as in the P /T and y /R diagrams. The «slip model» is developed, introducing the K' factor (e/ez ratio in the strain ellipsoid) and drawing the e/K' and e/0 diagrams, from which it is possible to analyze the evolutions of type of the s,train ellipsoid just from trends and dips of faults. To study brittle tectonics in a given area it is proposed the use of a combination of methods, and to take into account the data obtained by field geology.