Analysis of rock lenses in extensional faults

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 361-372

  Lindanger, Merethe ^a,b   Gabrielsen, Roy H ^a,c   Braathen, Alvar ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b ResLab Integration AS   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d University Studies in Svalbard (UNIS)   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT ZONE; LITHOLOGY;

EID: 51849130505     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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