Controls on damage zone asymmetry of a normal fault zone: Outcrop analyses of a segment of the Moab fault, SE Utah

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1803-1822

  Berg, Silje S ^a,b   Skar, Tore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Damage zone; Deformation band; Fault zone architecture; Normal fault

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE ZONE; DEFORMATION BAND; FAULT ZONE ARCHITECTURE; NORMAL FAULT;

DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; STRAIN; STRESSES; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ASYMMETRY; DAMAGE; FAULT ZONE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26644433880     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2005.04.012     Document Type: Article

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