The origin and development of joints in the Boom Clay Formation (Rupelian) in Belgium

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 216, Issue , 2003, Pages 309-321

  Mertens, J ^a,b   Vandenberghe, N ^b   Wouters, L ^a   Sintubin, M ^b  

^a Belgian Agency for Management of Radioactive Waste and Enriched Fissile Materials   (Belgium)

^b Structural geology/tectonics group   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOOM CLAY; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; JOINT; MOBILIZATION; RUPELIAN; SEDIMENT;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0346964473     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.216.01.20     Document Type: Article

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