Applicability of thin or thick skinned structural models in a region of multiple inversion episodes; southern South Africa

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1933-1947

  Paton, Douglas A ^a   Macdonald, David I M ^b   Underhill, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fault reactivation; Structural inversion South Africa; Thick skinned tectonics; Thin skinned tectonics

Indexed keywords

FAULT REACTIVATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURAL INVERSION; THICK-SKINNED TECTONICS; THIN-SKINNED TECTONICS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; DIP; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FOLD BELT; INVERSION TECTONICS; MODELING; NORMAL FAULT; REACTIVATION; REVERSE FAULT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THIN SKINNED TECTONICS;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33750946213     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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