Reactivation history of the long-lived Billefjorden Fault Zone in north central Spitsbergen, Svalbard

Geological Magazine

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-84

  Mccann, Andrew J ^a   Dallmann, Winfried K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT; REACTIVATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

SVALBARD, SPITSBERGEN, BILLEFJORDEN FAULT ZONE;

EID: 0029730819     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016756800007251     Document Type: Article

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