Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic fracturing in Lofoten, North Norway: Tectonic significance, fracture mechanisms and controlling factors

Tectonophysics

Volumn 499, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 190-205

  Eig, Karsten ^a   Bergh, Steffen G ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anastomosing fractures; Bisecting fractures; Brittle fractures; North Atlantic passive margin; Oblique extension; Parallel fractures

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSING FRACTURES; BISECTING FRACTURES; NORTH ATLANTIC PASSIVE MARGIN; OBLIQUE EXTENSION; PARALLEL FRACTURES;

BRITTLENESS; SEISMOLOGY; STRESSES;

BRITTLE FRACTURE;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; BRITTLE FRACTURE; CENOZOIC; CRETACEOUS; FAULT ZONE; NORMAL FAULT; PASSIVE MARGIN; RIFTING; SEISMIC DATA; STRESS FIELD; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); LOFOTEN; NORDLAND; NORWAY;

EID: 79952003037     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.12.002     Document Type: Review

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