Multiple faults in ductile simple shear: Analogue models of flanking structure systems

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 253, Issue , 2006, Pages 381-395

  Exner, Ulrike ^a,b   Grasemann, Bernhard ^b   Mancktelow, Neil S ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PLANE; SHEAR ZONE;

EID: 33646427712     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.20     Document Type: Article

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