Extension fractures, secondary faults and segment linkage in strike-slip fault systems at Rame Head, Southern Cornwall

Geoscience in South-West England

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 123-133

  Kim, Y S ^a   Andrews, J R ^a   Sanderson, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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