Normal fault growth, displacement localisation and the evolution of normal fault populations: The Hammam Faraun fault block, Suez rift, Egypt

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 883-895

  Gawthorpe, Rob L ^a   Jackson, Christopher A L ^a   Young, Mike J ^a   Sharp, Ian R ^b   Moustafa, Adel R ^c   Leppard, Christopher W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Displacement localisation; Fault growth; Normal fault population; Suez rift

Indexed keywords

FAULT SEGMENTS;

LANDFORMS; STRAIN;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT PROPAGATION; NORMAL FAULT; RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EGYPT;

EID: 0037410644     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(02)00088-3     Document Type: Article

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