Listric versus planar normal fault geometry: An example from the Eisenstadt-Sopron Basin (E Austria)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1685-1695

  Spahić, Darko ^a   Exner, Ulrike ^a   Behm, Michael ^b   Grasemann, Bernhard ^a   Haring, Alexander ^b   Pretsch, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Balanced cross section; Fault drag; Ground penetrating radar; Listric fault

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINE; BASIN; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PLANE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HANGING WALL; NORMAL FAULT; OUTCROP; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AUSTRIA; VIENNA BASIN;

EID: 80053446031     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-010-0583-5     Document Type: Article

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