Progressive strain localization in a major strike-slip fault exhumed from midseismogenic depths: Structural observations from the Salzach-Ennstal- Mariazell-Puchberg fault system, Austria

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Frost, Erik ^b   Dolan, James ^b   Sammis, Charles ^b   Hacker, Brad ^a   Cole, Joshua ^a   Ratschbacher, Lothar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE; MIOCENE; POWER LAW; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 69249095418     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005763     Document Type: Article

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