Determination of slip sense along a fault in an unlithified sediment

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 537-541

  Hirono, Tetsuro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUGITE; MUDSTONE; PLAGIOCLASE; SLIP SENSE; UNLITHIFIED SEDIMENT;

CLAY MINERALS; POROSITY; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FAULT SLIP; LINEATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT; UNCONSOLIDATED MEDIUM;

EID: 0034050572     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00173-X     Document Type: Article

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