Fault architecture and deformation processes within poorly lithified rift sediments, Central Greece

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1554-1568

  Loveless, Sian ^a   Bense, Victor ^a   Turner, Jenni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cataclasis; Fault architecture; Grain rotation; Mixed zone; Particulate flow; Poorly lithified sediment

Indexed keywords

CATACLASIS; FAULT ARCHITECTURE; GRAIN ROTATION; MIXED ZONE; PARTICULATE FLOW; POORLY LITHIFIED SEDIMENT;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ARCHITECTURE; DEFORMATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LITHOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CEMENTATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DIP-SLIP FAULT; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT ZONE; GROWTH FAULT; LITHIFICATION; LITHOLOGY; NORMAL FAULT; PERMEABILITY; PROTOLITH; RIFTING;

GULF OF CORINTH; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 80054870160     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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