Paleostress-tensor analysis of late deformation events in the Odenwald Crystalline Complex and comparison with other units of the Mid-German Crystalline Rise, Germany

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 72, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 229-247

  Will, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOSTRESS; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

GERMANY; ODENWALD;

EID: 0007415776     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007100170035     Document Type: Article

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