Cenozoic extension in coastal Dhofar (southern Oman): Implications on the oblique rifting of the Gulf of Aden

Tectonophysics

Volumn 357, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 279-293

  Lepvrier, Claude ^a   Fournier, Marc ^a   Bérard, Thomas ^a   Roger, Jack ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Arabia; Dhofar; Fault; Gulf of Aden; Oblique rifting; Oman; Paleostress

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; RIFTING; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ARABIAN SEA; OMAN;

EID: 0036852502     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00372-4     Document Type: Article

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