Numerical and Physical Modeling of Flexural Slip Phenomena and Potential for Fault Movement

摘要: Numerical and Physical Modeling of Flexural Slip Phenomena Potential for Fault Movement. In the course a site evaluation study proposed liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal on West Coast United States, geomechanical studies were undertaken to complement conventional geological investigations. The geologic structure under investigation was flexural fold formed by compressional tectonic environment. It consists an approximately 4000 foot thick shale deposit, with bedding planes dipping roughly 45 degrees outcropping at rock surface. Continuous folding had produced several reverse plane faults, slip separations bedrock surface up 8 feet in last 100 000 200 years.