Linear to non-linear relationship between vein spacing and layer thickness in centimetre- to decimetre-scale siliciclastic multilayers from the High-Ardenne slate belt (Belgium, Germany)

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 377-391

  Van Noten, Koen ^a   Sintubin, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; CROSS-CUTTING; DEVONIANS; FLUID PRESSURES; FRACTURE SPACING; GERMANY; LATE STAGE; LAYER THICKNESS; MATRIX; MAXIMUM VALUES; NON-LINEAR; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; QUARTZ VEIN; QUASI-LINEAR RELATIONSHIP; REGIONAL STRESS FIELD; REGULAR PATTERNS; SATURATED ROCK; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTARY LAYERS; SPACING DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRESS STATE;

MULTILAYERS; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SLATE;

FRACTURE;

DEVONIAN; FRACTURE; OROGENY; QUARTZ VEIN; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SLATE; SPACING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRESS FIELD; THIN SECTION;

GERMANY;

EID: 77950596329     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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