Basin inversion and fault reactivation in laboratory experiments

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2067-2083

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analogue modelling; Basin inversion; Ductile layers; Fault reactivation

Indexed keywords

ANALOGUE MODELLING; BASAL DUCTILE LAYER; BASIN INVERSION; EXTENSIONAL FAULT; FAULT REACTIVATION; NORMAL FAULT; OBLIQUITY ANGLE;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ANALOG MODEL; BASIN FILL; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DIP-SLIP FAULT; GRABEN; INVERSION TECTONICS; NORMAL FAULT; STRAIN PARTITIONING; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT;

EID: 33750938478     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2006.07.012     Document Type: Article

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