Fault and stress patterns at different stages of development of oceanic transform zones: The South Iceland seismic zone and the Tjornes fracture zone (Iceland) as case examples;Geometrie des failles et regimes de contraintes a differents stades de developpement des zones transformantes oceaniques: Exemples de la zone sismique sud-islandaise et de la zone de fracture de Tjornes (Islande)

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 329, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 653-659

  Bergerat, Françoise ^a   Angelier, Jacques ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

Author keywords

Iceland; Seismo tectonics; Stress regimes; Transform zone

Indexed keywords

MID-OCEAN RIDGE; RIFT ZONE; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRESS; TRANSFORM FAULT;

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EID: 0033570685     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(00)87642-9     Document Type: Article

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