Unraveling 1.5 Ga of brittle deformation history in the Laxemar-Simpevarp area, southeast Sweden: A contribution to the Swedish site investigation study for the disposal of highly radioactive nuclear waste

Tectonics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Viola, G ^a   Venvik Ganerod G ^a   Wahlgren, C H ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; COMPRESSION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; FRACTURE; LIMESTONE; NORMAL FAULT; OROGENY; OUTCROP; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; SITE INVESTIGATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRANSTENSION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

FORSMARK; KALMAR [SWEDEN]; LAXEMAR; SIMPEVARP; SWEDEN; UPPSALA [SWEDEN];

EID: 70449532556     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009TC002461     Document Type: Article

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