Overprinting faulting mechanisms in high porosity sandstones of SE Utah

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1795-1813

  Davatzes, N C ^a   Aydin, A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformation band; Fault architecture; Joint; Normal fault; Sandstone; Sheared joint

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POROSITY; SANDSTONE;

FAULTING MECHANISMS;

GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; FAULTING; OVERPRINTING; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; SHEAR;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 0043285193     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(03)00043-9     Document Type: Article

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