The growth of non-colinear normal fault systems; What can we learn from 3D seismic reflection data?

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 70, Issue , 2015, Pages 141-155

  Reeve, Matthew T ^a   Bell, Rebecca E ^a   Duffy, Oliver B ^a   Jackson, Christopher A L ^a   Sansom, Eleanor ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extension; Fault growth; Non colinear faults; Normal fault; North Sea

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EXTENSION; FAULT GROWTH; GRAVITY AND MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; KINEMATIC EVOLUTION; LEAST PRINCIPAL STRESS; NORMAL FAULT SYSTEM; NORMAL FAULTS; NORTH SEA;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOSTRESS; RIFT ZONE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84919916175     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2014.11.007     Document Type: Article

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