Offshore mud volcanoes and onland faulting in southwestern Africa: Neotectonic implications and constraints on the regional stress field

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 231, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 147-160

  Viola, Giulio ^a,e   Andreoli, Marco ^b   Ben Avraham, Zvi ^a,c   Stengel, Ingrid ^d   Reshef, Moshe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NECSA   (South Africa)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

African plate; Mud volcanoes; Neotectonics; Stress field

Indexed keywords

OFFSHORE MUD VOLCANOES; ONLAND FAULTING; ORANGE BASIN, AFRICA; WEGENER STRESS;

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

VOLCANOES;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; FAULT; MUD VOLCANO; NEOTECTONICS; STRESS FIELD;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; OCEANIC REGIONS; ORANGE BASIN; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 13844318851     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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