Morphologically ductile criteria for the sense of movement on slickensides from an extensional detachment fault in southern Spain

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1045-1054

  Doblas, Miguel ^a   Faulkner, Dan ^b   Mahecha, Vicente ^a   Aparicio, Alfredo ^a   López Ruiz, José ^a   Hoyos, Manuel ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUCTILITY; FRACTURE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

ASYMMETRIC CULMINATION; CATACLASTIC FLOW; DEPRESSION FEATURES; EXTENSIONAL DETACHMENT FAULT; MICROTHRUSTS; ROLL OVER MICROSYNCLINES; SLICKENSIDES; SYNTHETIC SECONDARY FRACTURES;

TECTONICS;

DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; DUCTILITY; NEOGENE; SLICKENSIDE;

SPAIN;

EID: 0031204221     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(97)00032-1     Document Type: Article

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