Significance of brittle deformation in the footwall of the Alpine Fault, New Zealand: Smithy Creek Fault zone

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 79-98

  Lund Snee, J E ^a,c   Toy, V G ^a   Gessner, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric damage zone; Fault zone; Fluid flow; Hydrofracture; Paleostress; Photogrammetry

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; KINEMATICS; MINERALOGY; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DAMAGE ZONES; FAULT ZONE; HYDRO-FRACTURE; HYDROTHERMAL MINERALIZATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; KINEMATIC INVERSION; PALEO-STRESS; PALEOSTRESS ANALYSIS;

STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

AUSTRALIAN PLATE; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; FOOTWALL; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; HANGING WALL; MINERALIZATION; PALEOSTRESS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING;

ALPINE FAULT ZONE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84901252069     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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