Microfracturing associated with reactivated fault zones and shear zones: What can it tell us about deformation history?

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 186, Issue , 2001, Pages 113-140

  Mitra, G ^a   Ismat, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULT; REACTIVATION; SHEAR; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

EID: 0034807702     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2001.186.01.08     Document Type: Article

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