Fringe cracks and plumose structures in layered rocks: stepping senses and their implications for palaeostress interpretation

Many joint surfaces show en échelon arrays of microfractures (fringe cracks, F-joints, twist hackles) along fringe zones in continuity with plumose structures. In layered rocks, joints with two fringe zones showing opposite stepping senses at the top and bottom (type A) are more frequent than those...

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Published in:	Journal of structural geology Vol. 28; no. 6; pp. 1103 - 1113
Main Authors:	Simón, J.L., Arlegui, L.E., Pocoví, A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier Ltd 01-06-2006
Subjects:	Fringe cracks Joint propagation Palaeostress Plumose structure Palaeostress Plumose structure Joint propagation Fringe cracks
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