Processes of normal fault evolution in a siliciclastic sequence: A case study from Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2281-2300

  van der Zee, Wouter ^a,b   Urai, Janos L ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GeoMechanics International   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clay smear; Faults; Field observations

Indexed keywords

CLAY SMEAR; FAULT ZONE EVOLUTION; SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENTS;

CLAY MINERALS; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FAULT PROPAGATION; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 28544451494     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2005.07.006     Document Type: Article

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