Influence of strike-slip fault segmentation on drainage evolution and topography. A case study: The Palomares Fault Zone (southeastern Betics, Spain)

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1615-1632

  Booth Rea, Guillermo ^a   Azanón, José Miguel ^b   Azor, Antonio ^b   García Duenas, Víctor ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drainage pattern; Fault segmentation; Southeastern Betics; Strike slip faulting; Topography; Uplift rates

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE DENSITY; PALOMARES FAULT ZONES (PFZ); STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

DRAINAGE; EROSION; FLOW PATTERNS; STREAM FLOW; ZONING;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DRAINAGE NETWORK; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

EID: 3242698154     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2004.01.007     Document Type: Article

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