Detailed structure of an oceanic normal fault: A multiscalar approach at DSDP/ODP site 504

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 337-340

  Pezard, P A ^a   Ayadi, M ^a   Revil, A ^a   Bronner, G ^b   Wilkens, R ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; FAULTING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; POROSITY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; UNDERWATER DRILLING;

COMBINED ANALYSIS; DOWNHOLE MEASUREMENTS; EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; ELECTRICAL IMAGES; FRACTURE DENSITY; GEOLOGICAL DATA; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MINERALOGICAL PROPERTIES;

FAULT SLIPS; TECTONICS;

DOWNHOLE MEASUREMENT; FAULT ZONE; FRACTURE DENSITY;

DSDP; FAULT ZONE; FAULT ZONES; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; NORMAL FAULT; ODP; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL EAST);

EID: 0031079539     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03618     Document Type: Article

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