Fault relays, bends and branch-lines

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 8-9, 1999, Pages 1019-1026

  Walsh, J J ^a   Watterson, J ^a   Bailey, W R ^a   Childs, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; FAULTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA;

ANISOTROPY; LANDFORMS; MAPPING; SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

TECTONICS;

FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT SLIP; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0032716583     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00026-7     Document Type: Article

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