Activation of rift oblique and rift parallel pre-existing fabrics during extension and their effect on deformation style: Examples from the rifts of Thailand

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1803-1829

  Morley, C K ^a   Haranya, C ^c   Phoosongsee, W ^c   Pongwapee, S ^a,d   Kornsawan, A ^c   Wonganan, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Unocal Thailand Ltd   (Thailand)

^d PTTEP   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Oblique extension; Reactivation; Tertiary; Thailand; Transtension

Indexed keywords

STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; TERTIARY RIFT BASINS;

COMPACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCKS; SEISMOLOGY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

GEOLOGY;

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; OVERPRINTING; RIFTING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TERTIARY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 4143093654     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2004.02.014     Document Type: Article

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