Brittle faulting in the Thor-Odin culmination, Monashee complex, southern Canadian Cordillera: Constraints on geometry and kinematics

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2141-2160

  Kruse, Stefan ^a   Williams, Paul F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; MAPPING; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

BRITTLE FAULTING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTING; TOPOGRAPHIC LINEAMENTS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EOCENE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULTING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

CANADA; CANADIAN CORDILLERA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33646403680     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e05-084     Document Type: Article

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