A Peculiar Belt of Oblique Faulting

Gray Codes Faulting Matchings

A (cyclic) n-bit Gray code is a (cyclic) ordering of all 2 binary strings of length n such that consecutive strings differ in a single bit. Equivalently, an nbit Gray code can be viewed as a Hamiltonian path of the n-dimensional hypercube Qn, and a cyclic Gray code as a Hamiltonian cycle of Qn. In this paper we study Hamiltonian paths and cycles of Qn avoiding a given set of faulty edges that f...

Bookshelf faulting in Nicaragua

Oblique subduction at a high rate of convergence along much of the Middle America Trench results in northwest-directed trench-parallel block motion. Accommodation of this motion along northwest-striking dextral strike-slip faults has been postulated; however, in Nicaragua such faults are not well developed. We suggest instead that this motion is accommodated by bookshelf faulting that includes ...

Conditions for Thrust Faulting in a Glacier

Dipping, arcuate bands of debris-rich ice outcropping near the margins of glaciers are often interpreted as thrust faults, assumed to originate in zones of longitudinal compression. Identification of thrusts is typically based either on the geometry and sedimentology of the debris bands or on the crystal fabric of surrounding ice, but the physical processes necessary to generate thrusts are rar...

A Revision of Mars Seismicity from Surface Faulting:

A Computational Wear Model of the Oblique Impact of a Ball on a Flat Plate

Many wearing processes are a result of the oblique impacts. Knowing the effective impact parameters on the wear mechanism would be helpful to have the more reliable designs. The H-DD (Hertz-Di Maio Di Renzo) nonlinear model of impact followed by the time increment procedure is used to simulate the impact process of a ball on a flat plate. Restitution parameters are extracted and compared with t...