The internal structure of fault zones in basaltic sequences

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 248, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 301-315

  Holland, Marc ^a   Urai, Janos L ^a   Martel, Stephen ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

analogue model; basalt; Koa'e fault system; mid ocean ridges; normal faults

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ANALOGUE MODEL; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; NORMAL FAULTS; VOLCANIC GROWTH FAULTS;

TECTONICS;

FAULT ZONE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; NORMAL FAULT;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746574610     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.05.035     Document Type: Article

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