Extensional failure and hydraulic valving at Minas da Panasqueira, Portugal: Evidence from vein spatial distributions, displacements and geometries

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1065-1086

  Foxford, K A ^a   Nicholson, R ^a   Polya, D A ^a   Hebblethwaite, R P B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b B   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL FAILURE; FLUID INJECTION; HYDRAULIC VALVING; POSITIVE VOLUMETRIC STRAIN; VEIN SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VEIN SWARM;

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FLUIDS; QUARTZ; ROCK MECHANICS; STRAIN; STRESSES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BRITTLE FAILURE; DIKE SWARM; FLUID PRESSURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

PORTUGAL;

EID: 0034255972     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(00)00029-8     Document Type: Article

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