Scaling properties of the dimensional and spatial characteristics of fault and fracture systems in the Majella Mountain, central Italy

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 261, Issue , 2006, Pages 113-131

  Marchegiani, Leonardo ^a   Van Dijk, Janpieter P ^b   Gillespie, P A ^c   Tondi, Emanuele ^a   Cello, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b ENI S P A   (Italy)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINE; CARBONATE ROCK; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FRACTURE NETWORK; OVERPRINTING;

ABRUZZI; APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MAJELLA MOUNTAINS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750360954     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.261.01.09     Document Type: Article

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