Segment linkage during evolution of intracontinental rift systems: Insights from analogue modelling

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 212, Issue , 2003, Pages 181-196

  Tentler, T ^a   Temperley, S ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG MODEL; DEFORMATION; EVOLUTION; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULTING; RIFTING; SEGMENTATION;

EID: 0141514406     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.212.01.12     Document Type: Article

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