caa a22 4500 386403066 CHVBK 20180307112207.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198907 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0016756800006555 doi S0016756800006555 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0016756800006555 Fracture spacing and its relation to bed thickness [Elektronische Daten] Using examples from the Gulf of Suez and southeastern France, the distribution of tension tectonic joints as well as shear tectonic joints in continuous profiles is shown to fit a Gamma distribution. The parameters of this distribution are determined using the maximum likelihood method. Apparent fit with negative exponential distribution in photointerpretation analysis results from lack of resolution. The average joint spacing is directly proportional to bed thickness; it decreases when the degree of rock consolidation increases. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 Huang Qin Tectonique Quantitative, Département de géologie Structurale, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris cedex 05, France Angelier J. Tectonique Quantitative, Département de géologie Structurale, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris cedex 05, France Geological Magazine Cambridge University Press 126/4(1989-07), 355-362 0016-7568 126:4<355 1989 126 GEO https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756800006555 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756800006555 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Huang Qin Tectonique Quantitative, Département de géologie Structurale, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris cedex 05, France NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Angelier J. Tectonique Quantitative, Département de géologie Structurale, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris cedex 05, France NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Geological Magazine Cambridge University Press 126/4(1989-07), 355-362 0016-7568 126:4<355 1989 126 GEO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge