The Eidsfjord shear zone, Lofoten-Vesterålen, north Norway: An Early Devonian, paleoseismogenic low-angle normal fault

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1023-1043

  Steltenpohl, Mark G ^a   Moecher, David ^b   Andresen, Arild ^c   Ball, Jacob ^a   Mager, Stephanie ^d   Hames, Willis E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caledonian; Detachments; Devonian extension; Lofoten Vester len; Muscovite 40Ar 39Ar; Norway; Seismogenic fault

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN; DETACHMENTS; DEVONIAN EXTENSION; MUSCOVITE 40AR/39AR; NORWAY; SEISMOGENIC FAULTS;

MICA; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POTASSIUM; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; DETACHMENT FAULT; DEVONIAN; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; NORMAL FAULT; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

LOFOTEN; NORDLAND; NORWAY; VESTERALEN;

EID: 79955030447     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2011.01.017     Document Type: Article

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