Interplay between stress permutations and overpressure to cause strike-slip faulting during tectonic inversion

Terra Nova

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 61-70

  Peacock, David C P ^a   Tavarnelli, Enrico ^b   Anderson, Mark W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; FAULTING; FORELAND BASIN; INVERSION TECTONICS; NORMAL FAULT; OVERPRESSURE; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST FAULT; UPLIFT;

APENNINES; ENGLAND; ITALY; UMBRIA-MARCHE BASIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85007289329     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ter.12249     Document Type: Article

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