Deformation within a strike-slip fault network at Westward Ho!, Devon U.K.: Domino vs conjugate faulting

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 833-843

  Nixon, Casey W ^a   Sanderson, David J ^a,b   Bull, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b EPT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conjugate faulting; Displacement; Domino faulting; Fault networks; Strain; Strike slip

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATE FAULTING; DISPLACEMENT; DOMINO FAULTING; FAULT NETWORKS; STRIKE-SLIP;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; HOLMIUM; ROTATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

STRAIN;

BLOCK ROTATION; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; FAULTING; NETWORK ANALYSIS; STRAIN ANALYSIS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

DEVON; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79955035050     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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