Analogue modelling of multiphase rift systems

Tectonophysics

Volumn 273, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 239-270

  Keep, Myra ^a,b   McClay, K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analogue modelling; Faults; Oblique; Rifts; Structure

Indexed keywords

ANALOGUE MODELLING; FAULT; RIFT;

EID: 0031436067     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00272-7     Document Type: Article

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