Modelling palaeostress magnitude and age in extensional basins: A case study from the Mesozoic Bristol Channel Basin, U.K.

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1301-1314

  Nemcok, Michal ^a   Gayer, Rod ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COASTAL ZONES; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESSES;

EXTENSIONAL BASIN AGE; FAULTS; PALAEOSTRESS MAGNITUDE; RIFTING; RIFTING STRESS RATIO;

TECTONICS;

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; NORMAL FAULT; PALAEOSTRESS; RIFTING;

UK, BRISTOL CHANNEL;

EID: 0030291952     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(96)00048-X     Document Type: Article

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