Analysis of a strike-slip fault network using high resolution multibeam bathymetry, offshore NW Devon U.K.

Tectonophysics

Volumn 541-543, Issue , 2012, Pages 69-80

  Nixon, Casey W ^a   Sanderson, David J ^a,b   Bull, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Displacement; Fault networks; Strain localization; Strike slip; Topology

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT NETWORKS; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS; STRIKE-SLIP;

BATHYMETRY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; TOPOLOGY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BATHYMETRY; CONNECTIVITY; DISPLACEMENT; KINEMATICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STRAIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TOPOLOGY;

DEVON; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84860459959     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.03.021     Document Type: Article

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