Wrench (Transcurrent) Fault Systems

2013 ◽  
pp. 544-549 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. W. Wellman
Keyword(s):  
Fault Systems ◽  
Transcurrent Fault

SECONDARY FAULTING: II. GEOLOGICAL ASPECTS

1966 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Chinnery
Keyword(s):  
Shear Stress ◽  
Shear Zone ◽  
Direct Result ◽  
End Effect ◽  
The Past ◽  
Fault Systems ◽  
San Andreas ◽  
Transcurrent Fault ◽  
Secondary Fault

A secondary fault is defined as a fracture which arises as a direct result of movement on a master transcurrent fault. Some previous approaches to the study of secondary faulting are discussed, and fallacies in the arguments of McKinstry (1953) and Moody and Hill (1956) are pointed out. The effect of movement on a fault is to reduce the initial shear stress everywhere except in the vicinity of the ends of the fault, where it causes complex additional stresses (see first paper in this series on the theoretical aspects of secondary faulting). Thus it is proposed that secondary faulting is an end effect of a master shear movement, and on this basis six major modes of secondary faulting, labelled types A to F, are described. The usefulness of these results in the analysis of fault systems is illustrated by applying them to the Alpine, San Andreas, and Mac Donald faults. In each case it is possible to predict or explain the curvature, location, and sense of the secondary faults in the area. In addition, the development of the master fault may be traced by locating the ends of the shear zone at various times in the past.

An integrated approach for identifying aquifers in transcurrent fault systems: The Najd shear system of the Arabian Nubian shield

2008 ◽  
Vol 349 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 475-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Sultan ◽  
A. Wagdy ◽  
N. Manocha ◽  
W. Sauck ◽  
K. Abdel Gelil ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Fault Systems ◽  
Transcurrent Fault ◽  
Nubian Shield ◽  
Arabian Nubian Shield ◽  
Shear System

THE EVOLUTION OF SUBSIDIARY FRACTURE NETWORKS IN SEGMENTED NORMAL FAULT SYSTEMS

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel O. Simoneau ◽  
◽  
Benjamin Surpless ◽  
Hannah Mathy
Keyword(s):  
Normal Fault ◽  
Fracture Networks ◽  
Fault Systems

Late Cenozoic Xianshuihe-Xiaojiang, Red River, and Dali Fault Systems of Southwestern Sichuan and Central Yunnan, China

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erchie Wang ◽  
B.C. Burchfiel ◽  
L.H. Royden ◽  
Chen Liangzhong ◽  
Chen Jishen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Red River ◽  
Late Cenozoic ◽  
Fault Systems
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