Propagation of an inherited strike-slip fault through a foreland-chain system:Quantitative aspects from analogue modeling and applications

Bollettino della Societa Geologica Italiana

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-122

  Toscani, Giovanni ^a   Di Bucci, Ddaniela ^b   Ravaglia, Antonio ^c   Seno, Silvio ^a   Fracassi, Umberto ^d   Valensise, Gianluca ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b DIPARTIMENTO DELLA PROTEZIONE CIVILE   (Italy)

^c PetroSA   (South Africa)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fault reactivation; Foreland; Orogenic wedge; Quantitative analysis.; Sandbox models

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349104000     PISSN: 00378763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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