Subparallel thrust and normal faulting in Albania and the roles of gravitational potential energy and rheology contrasts in mountain belts

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Copley, Alex ^a,b   Boait, Fran ^a   Hollingsworth, James ^a,b   Jackson, James ^a   McKenzie, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FAULTING; GRAVITY FIELD; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; POTENTIAL ENERGY; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; THRUST;

ALBANIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67651100697     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005931     Document Type: Article

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