Geophysical characterisation of two segments of the More-Trondelag Fault Complex, Mid Norway

Solid Earth

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-134

  Nasuti, A ^a,b   Pascal, C ^b,c   Ebbing, J ^a,b   Tonnesen, J F ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE ORIENTATION; CENOZOIC; DAMAGE ZONES; DATA SETS; DEEP STRUCTURE; FAULT GOUGE; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; JURASSIC; LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT; MESOZOIC; NORMAL FAULTS; PALAEOZOIC; PRONOUNCED SIGNATURES; SPECIFIC SEGMENTS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; NORMAL FAULTING;

GEOPHYSICS; ROCKS;

FAULTING;

BEDROCK; BRECCIA; DATA SET; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; NORMAL FAULT; OBLIQUE FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

NORWAY; TRONDELAG;

EID: 84855845231     PISSN: 18699510     EISSN: 18699529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/se-2-125-2011     Document Type: Article

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