Palaeostress analysis of the northern Nijar and southern Vera basins: Constraints for the Neogene displacement history of major strike-slip faults in the Betic Cordilleras, SE Spain

Tectonophysics

Volumn 300, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 79-101

  Huibregtse, Paul ^a   Van Alebeek, Hans ^b   Zaal, Matthijs ^c   Biermann, Cees ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Geo Logic Consulting Services   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Betic Cordilleras; Neogene basins; Palaeostress analysis; Strike slip faults; Structural analysis

Indexed keywords

IN SITU STRESS; NEOGENE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STRESS MEASUREMENT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONICS;

SPAIN;

EID: 0032585452     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00235-2     Document Type: Article

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