Paleostresses of the Groningen area, the Netherlands-Results of a seismic based structural reconstruction

Tectonophysics

Volumn 470, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 147-161

  van Gent, Heijn W ^a   Back, Stefan ^a   Urai, Janos L ^a   Kukla, Peter A ^a   Reicherter, Klaus ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central European Basin System; Groningen Block; Paleostress; Seismic interpretation; Structural restoration

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL EUROPEAN BASIN SYSTEM; GRONINGEN BLOCK; PALEOSTRESS; SEISMIC INTERPRETATION; STRUCTURAL RESTORATION;

DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKES; RECONSTRUCTION (STRUCTURAL); SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

RESTORATION;

ALGORITHM; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT SLIP; OUTCROP; PALEOSTRESS; RECONSTRUCTION; ROTLIEGENDES; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC METHOD; STRESS FIELD; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TERTIARY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRONINGEN [NETHERLANDS]; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349226443     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.09.038     Document Type: Article

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