Reverse drag: Host rock deformation during slip along existing faults

Israel Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-53

  Katz, Oded ^a   Reches, Ze'ev ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DRAG; FAULT SLIP; HOST ROCK; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN;

ASIA; DEAD SEA RIFT; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 55949104621     PISSN: 00212164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJES_55_1_43     Document Type: Article

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