Analogue and numerical modeling of normal fault patterns produced due to slip along a detachment zone

Tectonophysics

Volumn 376, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 117-134

  Exadaktylos, G E ^a   Vardoulakis, I ^b   Stavropoulou, M C ^b   Tsombos, P ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Inst of Geol/Mineral Exploration   (Greece)

Author keywords

Analogue experiments; Detachment zone; Extension; Graben; Gulf of Corinth; Normal faults; Numerical model

Indexed keywords

ANALOG MODEL; DETACHMENT FAULT; EXTENSION; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT SLIP; GRABEN; NORMAL FAULT; NUMERICAL MODEL;

GULF OF CORINTH; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0344961751     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2003.08.005     Document Type: Article

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