Soil-pore and particle orientations caused by active faulting: A micromorphological perspective

Soil Science

Volumn 163, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 374-381

  Cetin, Hasan ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Active fault; Geology; Maximum principal stress; Micromorphology; Preferred orientation

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; SOIL DYNAMICS; SOIL PORE; STRESS DIRECTION;

EID: 0031783202     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-199805000-00005     Document Type: Article

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