'Forebergs', flower structures, and the development of large intracontinental strike-slip faults: The Gurvan Bogd fault system in Mongolia

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1285-1302

  Bayasgalan, Amgalan ^a   Jackson, James ^a   Ritz, Jean François ^b   Carretier, Sebastien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; FOREBERGS; GURVAN-BOGD FAULT SYSTEM; STRIPE SLIP FAULTS;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; FAULT ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THRUST;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 0033208267     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00064-4     Document Type: Article

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