Devonian-Triassic brittle deformation based on dyke geometry and fault kinematics in the Sunnhordland region; SW Norway

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-17

  Valle, Paul ^a,b   Færseth, Roald B ^b   Fossen, Haakon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVONIAN; DIKE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; LINEAMENT; TRIASSIC;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; HORDALAND; NORTH SEA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SUNNHORDLAND;

EID: 21444448821     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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