Faults and their associated host rock deformation: Part I. Structure of small faults in a quartz-syenite body, southern Israel

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1675-1689

  Katz, Oded ^a,b   Reches, Ze'ev ^a   Baer, Gidon ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Damage; Deformation; Faulting; Mechanics; Process zone

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; ROCKS; SHEAR STRESS;

ROCK DEFORMATION;

GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; FAULT PROPAGATION; GEOMECHANICS; HOST ROCK; MICROSTRUCTURE; QUARTZ; SHEAR STRAIN; SYENITE;

(SOUTH); ISRAEL;

EID: 0042700312     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(03)00011-7     Document Type: Article

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