... , and k α . To get a sense of the magnitudes of the parameters, consider the vertical cross-section of a simple fault block (e.g., Figure 3 ) with a 45 degree fault, i.e., k α =1, then if AR = 10, β =0.1. In practice, the aspect ratio is typically very large. Thus, β is small for faults...

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