Three-dimensional shuffling of horses in a strike-slip duplex: An example from the Lambertville sill, New Jersey

Tectonophysics

Volumn 258, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 53-70

  Laney, Stephen E ^a   Gates, Alexander E ^b  

^a Hydro Geo Corporation   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT; FRACTURE; LAMBERTVILLE SILL; STRIKE SLIP DUPLEX; THREE DIMENSIONAL MOVEMENT;

USA, NEW JERSEY;

EID: 0030482866     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(95)00173-5     Document Type: Article

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