Active breaching of a geometric segment boundary in the Sawatch Range normal fault, Colorado, USA

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 769-776

  Miller, Martin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERATION MINERALIZATION; BREACHING; FAULTING; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; QUARTZ MONZONITE; SAWATCH RANGE NORMAL FAULT;

CALCITE; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEOLOGY; PETROLOGY; QUARTZ;

LANDFORMS;

ACTIVE FAULT; BOUNDARY; FAULT GEOMETRY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033165646     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00078-4     Document Type: Article

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