The effect of tilting on fault propagation and network development in sandstone - Shale sequences: A case study from the Lodève Basin, southern France

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 599-608

  Wibberley, Christopher A J ^a   Petit, Jean Pierre ^b   Rives, Thierry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c CSTJF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DIP-SLIP FAULT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT PLANE; FAULT PROPAGATION; NORMAL FAULT; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SHALE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; HERAULT; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; LODEVE BASIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34248206788     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492006-047     Document Type: Article

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