Kinematics of throughgoing fractures in jointed rocks

Tectonophysics

Volumn 376, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 151-166

  Finn, Martin D ^a   Gross, Michael R ^a   Eyal, Yehuda ^b   Draper, Grenville ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Breccia zones; Joints; Kinematics; Monterey Formation; Throughgoing fractures

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; FRACTURE FLOW; JOINT; KINEMATICS; TECTONOPHYSICS;

CALIFORNIA; LOMPOC; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346317389     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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