Fault size distribution analysis - an example from Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset, UK

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 133, Issue , 1998, Pages 299-310

  Hunsdale, R ^a,b   Sanderson, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Phillips Research Center 224GB   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; TECTONICS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032311007     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.133.01.14     Document Type: Article

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