Fault-valve action and vein development during strike-slip faulting: An example from the Ribeira Shear Zone, Southeastern Brazil

Tectonophysics

Volumn 438, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 1-32

  Faleiros, Frederico Meira ^a,b   Campanha, Ginaldo Ademar da Cruz ^a   Bello, Rosa Maria da Silveira ^a   Fuzikawa, Kazuo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CPRM   (Brazil)

^c CENTRO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DA TECNOLOGIA NUCLEAR   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Earthquake cycle; Fault related veins; Fault valve action; Fluid immiscibility; Fluid inclusion; Fluid pressure fluctuation

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; FLUID INCLUSION; PRESSURE DROP; QUARTZ VEIN; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

BRAZIL; RIBEIRA VALLEY; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34249313032     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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