Internal geometry of fault damage zones in interbedded siliciclastic sediments

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 299, Issue , 2008, Pages 35-56

  Johansen, Tord Erlend Skeie ^a   Fossen, Haakon ^b  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ZONE; GRAIN SIZE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

CALIFORNIA; MOAB; NORTH AMERICA; SAN RAFAEL; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 50849143464     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP299.3     Document Type: Article

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