Normal faults in thrust sheets: Pre-orogenic extension, post-orogenic extension, or both?

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 8-9, 1999, Pages 1011-1018

  Tavarnelli, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTS; FOLDING; OROGENIC BELTS; TECTONIC INVERSION; THRUST FAULTS; THRUSTING;

DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; LANDFORMS; STRAIN RATE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; KINEMATICS; NORMAL FAULT; OROGENY; THRUST FAULT;

EID: 0032693625     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00034-6     Document Type: Article

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