Compaction bands: A structural analog for anti-mode i cracks in aeolian sandstone

Tectonophysics

Volumn 267, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 209-228

  Mollema, P N ^a,b   Antonellini, M A ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Independent Consultants   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aeolian sandstone; Compaction bands; Faults; Kaibab monocline; Mode i fractures

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN SANDSTONE; ANTICRACK; COMPACTION BAND; DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; JURASSIC;

USA, UTAH, KAIBAB;

EID: 0030418393     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00098-4     Document Type: Article

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