Output details
15 - General Engineering
University of Southampton
Article title
Distribution of faults and extensional strain in fractured carbonates of the North Malta Graben
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
AAPG Bulletin
Article number
-
Volume number
94
Issue number
4
First page of article
435
ISSN of journal
0149-1423
Year of publication
2010
Number of additional authors
1
Additional information
Significance of output:
Extension in the Earth’s crust is largely accommodated by faults. On the extensively exposed carbonate platform on Malta, direct measurement of displacement, ranging from 10-2 to 102 m, indicates that strain varies with location and scale. The results show that the proportion of the strain that would be resolved by high-quality seismic reflection surveys, as widely used by the hydrocarbons industry, would miss 40-45% of the total extension and that this proportion is greater in low strain areas.
Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
5 - Geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
-
