Push-ups, fracture patterns, and palaeoseismology of the Leirubakki Fault, South Iceland

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 591-609

  Bergerat, Françoise ^a   Angelier, Jacques ^a   Gudmundsson, Agust ^b   Torfason, Helgi ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c National Energy Authority Reykjavik   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Fracture patterns; Iceland; Palaeoseismology; Push ups

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE PATTERNS;

ARRAYS; EARTHQUAKES; FRACTURE; MAPPING; SEISMOLOGY;

GEOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FRACTURE; GPS; PALEOSEISMICITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING;

ICELAND;

EID: 0037214003     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(02)00051-2     Document Type: Article

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