Analysis of a thaumasia planum rift through automatic mapping and strain characterization of normal faults

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 59, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1210-1221

  Alegre Vaz, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automatic lineament mapping; Pull apart basins; Tectonic strain quantification; Thaumasia Planum

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC LINEAMENT MAPPING; AUTOMATIC MAPPING; FAULT SCARP; LITHOSPHERIC; NORMAL FAULTS; PULL-APART BASINS; SEMI-AUTOMATICS; SHEAR TRANSFER ZONE; STRAIN CHARACTERIZATION; STRAIN ESTIMATION; TECTONIC FEATURES; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; THAUMASIA PLANUM;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

EID: 80051551808     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.07.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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