The role of accommodation zones and transfer zones in the regional segmentation of extended terranes

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 323, Issue , 1998, Pages 1-45

  Faulds, James E ^a   Varga, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b 931 College Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; KINEMATICS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

ACCOMMODATION ZONE; DEPOSITIONAL SETTING; EXTENSIONAL STRAIN; LATERAL PROPAGATION; NORMAL FAULT SYSTEM; PASSIVE CONTINENTAL MARGIN; REGIONAL SEGMENTATION; WATER ACCUMULATION;

FAULT SLIPS;

BENDING; DIP-SLIP FAULT; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GEOMETRY; OBLIGATE BEHAVIOR; PERMEABILITY; SEGMENTATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TERRANE; TRANSFER ZONE;

EID: 84870883191     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2323-X.1     Document Type: Article

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