Effective tension-shear relationships in extensional fissure swarms, axial rift zone of northeastern Iceland

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 673-685

  Angelier, Jacques ^a   Bergerat, Françoise ^a   Dauteuil, Olivier ^b   Villemin, Thierry ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE MECHANICS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LITHOLOGY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

AXIAL RIFT ZONE; EXTENSIONAL FISSURE SWARMS; TENSION SHEAR RELATIONSHIPS;

TECTONICS;

FISSURE SWARM; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; NORMAL FAULT; RIFT; TENSION CRACK;

ICELAND, KRAFLA FISSURE SWARM;

EID: 0031147779     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(96)00106-X     Document Type: Article

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