Fault zone structure and deformation processes along an exhumed low-angle normal fault: Implications for seismic behavior

International Geophysics

Volumn 94, Issue C, 2009, Pages 69-85

  Collettini, Cristiano ^a   Holdsworth, Robert E ^b   Smith, Steven A F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77956437205     PISSN: 00746142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-6142(08)00004-1     Document Type: Book

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