Temporal constraints on fracturing associated with fault-related folding at Sant Corneli anticline, Spanish Pyrenees

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-19

  Shackleton, J Ryan ^a   Cooke, Michele L ^a   Vergés, Jaume ^b   Simó, Toni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Folding; Fractures; Growth strata; Joints; Sant Corneli; St Corneli; Syn tectonic

Indexed keywords

FOLDING; GROWTH STRATA; JOINTS; SANT CORNELI; ST CORNELI; SYN-TECTONIC;

CARBONATE MINERALS; IRON OXIDES; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

FRACTURE;

ANTICLINE; DEFORMATION; FOLDING; FRACTURE; MINERALIZATION; NORMAL FAULT;

PYRENEES;

EID: 78650303627     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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