The role of pressure solution seam and joint assemblages in the formation of strike-slip and thrust faults in a compressive tectonic setting; The Variscan of south-western Ireland

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1595-1610

  Nenna, Filippo ^a   Aydin, Atilla ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture; Joints; Pressure solution seams; Strike slip faults; Thrust faults; Veins

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE ZONES; DIP ANGLE; IRELAND; ORTHOGONAL ARRAY; PRESSURE SOLUTION; PRESSURE SOLUTION SEAMS; REMOTE STRESS; STRESS CONDITION; STRESS MAGNITUDE; STRESS ORIENTATIONS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTINGS; THRUST FAULTS; VARISCAN; VEINS;

SHALE;

SANDSTONE;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ZONE; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; JOINT; PRESSURE EFFECT; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THRUST FAULT; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

ANDERSONIA;

EID: 80054863090     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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