Great challenges in structural geology and tectonics

Frontiers in Earth Science

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Gudmundsson, Agust ^a   Philipp, Sonja L ^b   Acocella, Valerio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dykes; Earthquakes; Energy sources; Faults; Plate tectonics; Subduction zones; Tectonic stresses; Volcanic eruptions

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

DYKES; ENERGY SOURCE; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TECTONIC STRESS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

PLATE TECTONICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 84912136697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22966463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/feart.2013.00002     Document Type: Article

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