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Block rotations, fault domains and crustal deformationMuch of the earth's crust is broken by sets of parallel strike-slip faults which are organized in domains. A simple kinematic model suggests that when subject to tectonic strain, the faults, and the blocks bound by them, rotate. The rotation can be estimated from the structurally-determined fault slip and fault spacing, and independently from local deviations of paleomagnetic declinations from global values. A rigorous test of this model was carried out in northern Israel, where good agreement was found between the two rotations.
Document ID
19900046964
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Nur, A.
(Stanford University CA, United States)
Ron, H.
(Institute for Petroleum Research and Geophysics Holon, Israel)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1987
Publication Information
Publication: Annales Tectonicae
Volume: 1
Issue: 1, 19
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
90A34019
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-926
Distribution Limits
Public
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