Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6444868 Journal of Structural Geology 2014 16 Pages PDF
Abstract
These field observations are strong arguments for the occurrence of shear structures at microscopic to macroscopic scales during tectonic events. Following this inference, it is proposed that, at least in the case of Hercynian phases, cracks, joints and macroscopic strike slip faults have been generated by the same mechanical process under high overburden weight. Therefore, incipient fractures seem to be generated as shearing structures and to evolve by coalescence with neighbouring ones with the same direction.
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