Initiation and development of pull-apart basins with Riedel shear mechanism: Insights from scaled clay experiments

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 225-238

  Atmaoui, Nassima ^a   Kukowski, Nina ^b   Stöckhert, Bernhard ^a   König, Diethard ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analogue experiments; Clay models; Clay properties; Pull apart basins; Riedel shear; Strait of Sicily rift zone; Strike slip faults

Indexed keywords

ANALOG MODEL; BASIN EVOLUTION; PULL APART BASIN;

EID: 33645375676     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-005-0030-1     Document Type: Article

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