Positive fault inversion triggering 'intrusive diapirism': An analogue modelling perspective

Terra Nova

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 478-485

  Del Ventisette, Chiara ^a   Montanari, Domenico ^a   Bonini, Marco ^b   Sani, Federico ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAPIR; DIAPIRISM; FAULTING; INVERSION TECTONICS; MODELING; NORMAL FAULT;

EID: 33745225891     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2005.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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