The distribution of faults and fractures and their importance in accommodating extensional strain at Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset, UK

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 299, Issue , 2008, Pages 97-111

  Putz Perrier, Martin W ^a   Sanderson, David J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FRACTURE; NORMAL FAULT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRAIN RATE; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

DORSET [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; KIMMERIDGE BAY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 50849084809     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP299.6     Document Type: Article

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