Relative fracture velocities based on fundamental characteristics of joint-surface morphology

Terra Nova

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-73

  Weinberger, Ram ^a   Bahat, Dov ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALK; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FOLDING; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; JOINT; PLUME; SANTONIAN;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; JUDEAN DESERT; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 38649137697     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2007.00788.x     Document Type: Article

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