Paleostress field reconstruction in the Oslo region

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 682-708

  Sippel, Judith ^a   Saintot, Aline ^b   Heeremans, Michel ^c   Scheck Wenderoth, Magdalena ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Central European Basin System; Fault slip analysis; Oslo region; Paleostress; Rifting

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE TIMING; CENOZOIC; COMPRESSIONAL; DEFORMATION PATTERN; FAULT-SLIP DATUM; FIELD RECONSTRUCTION; INTENSE DEFORMATION; LOCAL EFFECTS; MAGMATIC ACTIVITY; MAGMATIC ROCK; MESOZOIC; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; PALEO-STRESS; PALEOSTRESSES; PERMIAN; PRECAMBRIAN; PRINCIPAL AXES; PRINCIPAL STRESS; REDUCED STRESS TENSORS; REGIONAL STRESS FIELD; RIFT SYSTEMS; STRESS FIELD; STRESS STATE; SYSTEM FAULTS; TECTONIC ACTIVITY;

DEFORMATION; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; TENSORS; TOOLS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

COMPRESSION; DATA SET; DEFORMATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FAULT SLIP; GEODYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; PALEOSTRESS; PRECAMBRIAN; RIFTING; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; STRESS FIELD; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

GERMANIC BASIN; NORWAY; OSLO [NORWAY];

EID: 77549087182     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.08.010     Document Type: Article

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