The Jabal Akhdar Dome in the Oman mountains: Evolution of a dynamic fracture system

American Journal of Science

Volumn 314, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1104-1139

  Gomez Rivas, E ^a,e   Bons, P D ^a   Koehn, D ^b   Urai, J L ^c   Arndt, M ^c   Virgo, S ^c   Laurich, B ^c   Zeeb, C ^d   Stark, L ^a   Blum, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabian plate; Crack seal; Fluid pressure; Fracture; Paleostress; Vein

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN PLATE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DOME; FLUID PRESSURE; FRACTURE NETWORK; PALEOSTRESS; PLATE CONVERGENCE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

OMAN; OMAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84907010600     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/07.2014.02     Document Type: Article

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