Offset of markers along slip surfaces in ductile shear zones

Journal of the Virtual Explorer

Volumn 30, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Grasemann, Bernhard ^a   Exner, Ulrike ^a   O'Connor, Aonghus ^a   Wiesmayr, Gerhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Rohöl Aufsuchungs AG RAG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Flanking structures; Kinematic indicator; Mechanical modeling; Offset; Shear zones

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865308816     PISSN: 14418126     EISSN: 14418142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3809/jvirtex.2008.00203     Document Type: Article

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