Steeply-dipping extension fractures in the Newark basin, New Jersey

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 996-1011

  Herman, Gregory C ^a  

^a NJ Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

Extension; Fractures; Joints; Mesozoic; Newark basin; Tectonic; Veins

Indexed keywords

EXTENSION; JOINTS; MESOZOIC; NEWARK BASIN; VEINS;

ROTATION; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

FRACTURE;

BEDROCK; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DIP-SLIP FAULT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; GROWTH FAULT; JURASSIC; OBLIQUE FAULT; RIFTING; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TRIASSIC; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

NEW JERSEY; NEWARK BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69949110701     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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