On the number and spacing of faults

Terra Nova

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 315-321

  Morellato, Chiara ^a   Redini, Francesco ^b   Doglioni, Carlo ^a  

^a Dept di Scienze della Terra ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; FAULTING; GEODYNAMICS; OROGENY; RHEOLOGY; RIFT ZONE; SPACING; TECTONICS;

EID: 0142089875     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.2003.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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