Neo-Alpine structural evolution and present-day tectonic activity of the eastern Southern Alps: The case of the Ravne Fault, NW Slovenia

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 963-975

  Kastelic, V ^a   Vrabec, M ^a   Cunningham, D ^b   Gosar, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Eastern Southern Alps; Fault reactivation; Geometry of fault zone; Strike slip faulting

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL LEVELS; DEFORMATION ZONES; EARTHQUAKE CLUSTERS; EARTHQUAKE EVENTS; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURES; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PLANES; FAULT SYSTEMS; FAULT ZONES; HORIZONTAL STRESSES; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); JULIAN ALPS; SEISMIC ACTIVITIES; SEPARATION DISTANCES; SLIP DISPLACEMENTS; SLOVENIA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; SPATIAL PATTERNING; STRESS CONDITIONS; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTIONS; TECTONIC ACTIVITY; TECTONIC EVENTS; TECTONIC STRUCTURES; THRUST FAULTING;

ACCIDENTS; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; EARTHQUAKES; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; SEPARATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; TECTONICS; THEOREM PROVING;

SEISMOLOGY;

ACTIVE FAULT; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PLANE; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT ZONE; KINEMATICS; NEOTECTONICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRESS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 48349135606     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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