The internal structure of dilational stepovers in regional transtension zones

International Geology Review

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 291-304

  De Paola, Nicola ^a   Holdsworth, Robert E ^a   Collettini, Cristiano ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DILATION; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FOLD; FRACTURE; STRAIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSTENSION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHUMBERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 41549107096     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.50.3.291     Document Type: Article

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