Slickenside and fault surface kinematic indicators on active normal faults of the Alpine Betic Cordilleras, Granada, southern Spain

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-170

  Doblas, Miguel ^a   Mahecha, Vicente ^a   Hoyos, Manuel ^a   López Ruiz, José ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; KINEMATICS; ROCK MECHANICS;

ACTIVE NORMAL FAULTS; MESOSCOPIC SLICKENSIDE KINEMATIC INDICATORS;

TECTONICS;

KINEMATIC INDICATOR; NORMAL FAULT; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; SLICKENSIDE;

SPAIN, ANDALUCIA, GRANADA, BETIC CORDILLERA;

EID: 0031077750     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(96)00086-7     Document Type: Article

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