Mechanics of continental rift architecture

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 967-970

  Scholz, Christopher H ^a   Contreras, Juan C ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

BASIC BUILDING BLOCK; DISPLACEMENT-LENGTH SCALING; EFFECTIVE ELASTIC THICKNESS; GEOMETRICAL FEATURES; MECHANICAL MODEL; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEGMENTATION LENGTHS; SEISMOGENIC LAYERS;

FAULT SLIPS;

MODELING; NORMAL FAULT; RIFT ZONE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 84874971080     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0967:MOCRA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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