Late Quaternary neotectonic joints: Confirmation of the connection between jointing and contemporary tectonic stress

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 52-1-52-4

  Khadkikar, Aniruddha S ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

India; Joint; Lithosphere; Neotectonism; Saurashtra; Stress

Indexed keywords

REFRACTION; STRESS ANALYSIS; TECTONICS;

NEOTECTONIC JOINTS;

GEOPHYSICS;

FRACTURE; JOINT; NEOTECTONICS; ORIENTATION; QUATERNARY; STRESS;

GUJARAT; INDIA; SAURASHTRA PENINSULA;

EID: 0036624086     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL014765     Document Type: Article

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