Keys and pitfalls in mesoscale fault analysis and paleostress reconstructions, the use of Angelier's methods

Tectonophysics

Volumn 581, Issue , 2012, Pages 144-162

  Hippolyte, Jean Claude ^a,b   Bergerat, Françoise ^c   Gordon, Mark B ^d   Bellier, Olivier ^a,b   Espurt, Nicolas ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CEREGE   (France)

^c Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^d Shell International Exploration and Production Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Angelier; Fault analysis; Italy; Paleostress; Provence; Stress inversion

Indexed keywords

ANGELIER; FAULT ANALYSIS; ITALY; PALEO-STRESS; PROVENCE; STRESS INVERSION;

GEOPHYSICS; PHYSICS;

SHEAR STRESS;

BEDDING PLANE; FAULT PLANE; FAULT SLIP; GEOMETRY; PALEOSTRESS; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS FIELD;

FRANCE; ITALY; PROVENCE;

EID: 84861201533     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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