Rock pulverization and localization of a strike-slip fault zone in dolomite rocks (Salzach-Ennstal-Mariazell-Puchberg fault, Austria)

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 67-85

  Schröckenfuchs, Theresa ^a,b   Bauer, Helene ^a   Grasemann, Bernhard ^a   Decker, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b OMV Group   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cataclasites; Dolomite; Geopetal particle aggregates (GPA); Grain size reduction; Pulverization; SEMP fault; Strike slip fault

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; CEMENTING (SHAFTS); COMMINUTION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; ROCKS; SIZE DETERMINATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

CATACLASITES; DOLOMITE; GRAIN-SIZE REDUCTION; PARTICLE AGGREGATES; PULVERIZATION;

FAULT SLIPS;

EID: 84936881799     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2015.06.009     Document Type: Article

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