Analogue modelling of faulting in zones of continental transpression and transtension

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 135, Issue , 1998, Pages 59-79

  Schreurs, Guido ^a   Colletta, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG MODEL; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; TRANSPRESSION;

EID: 0032321832     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.135.01.05     Document Type: Article

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