Contrasting origins of breached relay zone geometries

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-68

  Conneally, J ^a   Childs, C ^a   Walsh, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Displacement backstripping; Fault segmentation; Fault splaying; Relay zone

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; DEVELOPMENT HISTORY; DISPLACEMENT BACKSTRIPPING; FAULT SEGMENTATION; GEOMETRIC COMPLEXITY; KINEMATIC ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LEVELS; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

GEOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GEOMETRY;

DISPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; KINEMATICS; SEGMENTATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84888398271     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2013.10.010     Document Type: Article

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