Slipped deformation bands: A new type of cataclastic deformation bands in Western Sinai, Suez rift, Egypt

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1317-1331

  Rotevatn, Atle ^a   Torabi, Anita ^a   Fossen, Haakon ^a   Braathen, Alvar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cataclasis; Deformation bands; Fault; Porous sandstone

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FAILURES; CATACLASIS; CATACLASTIC DEFORMATIONS; DEFORMATION BANDED; DEFORMATION BANDS; DISCRETE; FAULT; GRAIN FRACTURING; HIGH POROSITIES; HOST ROCKS; INTRAGRANULAR FRACTURING; POROUS SANDSTONE; PROGRESSIVE DEFORMATIONS; SEQUENTIAL GROWTHS; SIMPLE SHORN; SLIP SURFACES; STRAIN SOFTENS; TECTONIC DEFORMATIONS;

NUCLEATION; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; STRAIN; STRAIN HARDENING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION;

BRITTLE FAILURE; CLASTIC ROCK; COMPACTION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; HOST ROCK; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; SLIP; STRAIN RATE;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; SINAI;

EID: 54049133583     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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