Using footwall structures to constrain the evolution of low-angle normal faults

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1187-1191

  Smith, Steven A F ^a   Holdsworth, R E ^a   Collettini, C ^b   Imber, J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; FOLDING; FOOTWALL; NORMAL FAULT; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ELBA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIVORNO [TUSCANY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

EID: 35748935856     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492007-009     Document Type: Article

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