Co-seismic strike-slip fault displacement determined from push-up structures: The Selsund Fault case, South Iceland

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 709-724

  Angelier, Jacques ^a,b   Bergerat, Françoise ^a   Bellou, Magalie ^a,b   Homberg, Catherine ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Iceland; Magnitude; Push up structure; Rupture trace; Seismotectonics; Strike slip

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; ERRORS; GRAVITATION; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

TECTONIC COLLAPSE;

GEOLOGY;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; FAULTING; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ARCTIC; ICELAND; SELSUND FAULT ZONE;

EID: 1342287091     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2003.07.006     Document Type: Article

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