Polygonal faults in chalk: Insights from extensive exposures of the Khoman Formation, Western Desert, Egypt

Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 479-482

  Tewksbury, Barbara J ^a   Hogan, John P ^b   Kattenhorn, Simon A ^c   Mehrtens, Charlotte J ^d   Tarabees, Elhamy A ^e  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e DAMANHOUR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

CIRCULAR STRUCTURES; CONTINUOUS SURFACE; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; GEOMETRIC PATTERNS; MULTIPLE ORIENTATIONS; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3-D) SEISMIC DATA; WESTERN DESERT , EGYPT;

LIMESTONE;

CHALK; CRETACEOUS; DIP; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ZONE; FLUID FLOW; NORMAL FAULT; STRAIN;

EGYPT; FARAFRA OASIS; NEW VALLEY; WESTERN DESERT;

EID: 84902162975     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G35362.1     Document Type: Article

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