Analysis of a complex high-strain zone at Cap de Creus, Spain

Tectonophysics

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 31-45

  Druguet, E ^a   Passchier, C W ^b   Carreras, J ^a   Victor, P ^b   Den Brok, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deformed veins; Kinematics; Pyrenees; Strain analysis

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

SPAIN, PYRENEES;

EID: 0031412401     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00137-6     Document Type: Article

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