Thrusting in a folded regime: Fold accommodation faults in the Ruhr basin, Germany

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 789-803

  Wrede, Volker ^a  

^a Geologischer Dienst Nordrhein Westfalen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fold accommodation fault; Ruhr basin; Thrust fault; Variscan orogenic foreland

Indexed keywords

FOLD ACCOMMODATION FAULTS; FOLDING PROCESS; THRUSTS; VARISCAN OROGEN;

CATCHMENTS; DATA REDUCTION; GEOMETRY; MINING; STRATIGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SEISMOLOGY;

CARBONIFEROUS; FOLD; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THRUST FAULT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA; RUHR BASIN; WORLD;

CARBONIFEROUS;

EID: 18744368768     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2005.01.008     Document Type: Article

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