Stylolites in limestone: Magnitude of contractional strain accommodated and scaling relationships

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1250-1256

  Benedicto, Antonio ^a,c   Schultz, Richard A ^b  

^a STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c AREVA NP   (France)

Author keywords

Faulting; Growth; Limestones; Pressure solution; Scaling; Stylolite

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ITALY; DAMAGE ZONES; FAULTING; GROWTH; LAYER THINNING; MAXIMUM AMPLITUDE; MAXIMUM VALUES; NORMAL FAULTS; REMAINING LAYERS; SCALING; SCALING RELATIONS; SCALING RELATIONSHIPS; STYLOLITE; TRACE LENGTH;

DISSOLUTION; LIMESTONE;

STRAIN;

AMPLITUDE; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; LIMESTONE; NORMAL FAULT; OUTCROP; STRAIN; STYLOLITE; TOPOGRAPHY;

GUBBIO; ITALY; PERUGIA; UMBRIA;

EID: 78649446338     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2009.04.020     Document Type: Article

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