Strain partitioning on major fault zones in the northwestern Tauern window-insights from the investigations to the brenner base tunnel

Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-35

  TöChterle, Andreas ^a   Brandner, Rainer ^a   Reiter, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ahorn shear zone; Brenner base tunnel; Brenner normal fault; SEMP; Strain partitioning; Tauern window

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; DISPLACEMENT; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION; FAULT ZONE; FOLDING; NORMAL FAULT; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN PARTITIONING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRANSPRESSION;

ALPS; BOLZANO; BRENNER; EASTERN ALPS; ITALY; TAUERN WINDOW; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE;

EID: 79960021453     PISSN: 20727151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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