Kinematic analysis of the Upper Rhine Graben boundary fault system

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1028-1039

  Lopes Cardozo, Gideon G O ^a,b   Behrmann, Jan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformation; Kinematics; rift; Tertiary; Upper Rhine Graben

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY FAULT SYSTEM; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; FAULT SLIP MEASUREMENTS; KINEMATIC ANALYSIS;

DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; FAULT SLIP; GRABEN; KINEMATICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TERTIARY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; RHINE VALLEY; UPPER RHINE VALLEY;

EID: 33744921086     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2006.03.010     Document Type: Article

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