Palaeostress orientation inferred from surface morphology of joints on the southern margin of the Bristol Channel Basin, UK

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 231, Issue , 2004, Pages 243-255

  Belayneh, Mandefro ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE MECHANICS; JOINT; MORPHOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PALEOSTRESS; STRESS FIELD;

BRISTOL CHANNEL; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 11144279382     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.231.01.14     Document Type: Article

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