Fracturing and rock pulverization along an exhumed seismogenic fault zone in dolostones: The Foiana Fault Zone (Southern Alps, Italy)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 654, Issue , 2015, Pages 56-74

  Fondriest, Michele ^a   Aretusini, Stefano ^a   Di Toro, Giulio ^a,b   Smith, Steven A F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Earthquake rupture; Fault damage; Fault zone structure; In situ shattered dolostones; Mirror like faults; Pulverized rocks

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; EARTHQUAKES; FRACTURE; MIRRORS; ROCKS; SHEAR STRAIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

DAMAGE DISTRIBUTION; DOLOSTONES; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ORIENTATIONS; FAULT ZONE STRUCTURES; ROCK PULVERIZATION; SEISMOGENIC FAULTS; STRUCTURAL MAPPING;

FAULT SLIPS;

CARBONATE ROCK; DIP-SLIP FAULT; DOLOSTONE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SHEAR STRAIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ALPS; ITALY;

EID: 84937524076     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2015.04.015     Document Type: Article

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