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Patience A. Cowie
Researcher at University of Bergen
Publications - 87
Citations - 9552
Patience A. Cowie is an academic researcher from University of Bergen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fault (geology) & Active fault. The author has an hindex of 46, co-authored 87 publications receiving 8714 citations. Previous affiliations of Patience A. Cowie include University of Edinburgh & Columbia University.
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Scaling of fracture systems in geological media
E. Bonnet,Olivier Bour,Noelle E. Odling,Philippe Davy,Ian Main,Patience A. Cowie,Brian Berkowitz +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide guidelines for the accurate and practical estimation of exponents and fractal dimensions of natural fracture systems, including length, displacement and aperture power law exponents.
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Physical explanation for the displacement-length relationship of faults using a post-yield fracture mechanics model
TL;DR: In this paper, a plane strain model for a fault is presented that takes into account the inelastic deformation involved in fault growth, and the model requires that the stresses at the tip of the fault never exceed the shear strength of the surrounding rock.
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Displacement-length scaling relationship for faults: data synthesis and discussion
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a synthesis of published data sets on the displacements and lengths of faults, including the geologic setting, the mode of faulting (normal/thrust/strike-slip), and the measurement methods used to obtain the displacement and length data.
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Fault growth and fault scaling laws: Preliminary results
TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that fault growth is a self-similar process in which fault displacement d scales linearly with fault length L, which implies that fracture energy increases linearly as the fault length grows.
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Damage zone and slip-surface evolution over μm to km scales in high-porosity Navajo sandstone, Utah
Zoe K. Shipton,Patience A. Cowie +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed mapping of the deformation along two km-scale normal faults in the high-porosity Navajo sandstone, Utah, has been used to investigate fault growth in this lithology.