Fracture and vein patterns as indicators of deformation history: A numerical study

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 243, Issue , 2005, Pages 11-24

  Koehn, Daniel ^a   Arnold, Jochen ^a   Passchier, Cees W ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL METHOD; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

EID: 20444442292     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.243.01.03     Document Type: Article

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