Active tectonic fault microdisplacement analyses: A comparison of results from surface and underground monitoring in western slovakia

Acta Geodynamica et Geomaterialia

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 387-397

  Briestenský, Miloš ^a   Košťák, Blahoslav ^a   Stemberk, Josef ^a   Petro, Ľubomír ^b   Vozár, Jozef ^c   Fojtíková, Lucia ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ROCK STRUCTURE AND MECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

^b Geological Survey of Slovak Republic   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Active faulting; Caves; Earthquakes; Extensometer; Microdisplacements; Rock massif dilation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650568998     PISSN: 12149705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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