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The Jabal Akhdar dome in the Oman Mountains: Evolution of a dynamic fracture system

E. Gomez-Rivas, P. D. Bons, D. Koehn, J. L. Urai, M. Arndt, S. Virgo, B. Laurich, C. Zeeb, L. Stark and P. Blum
American Journal of Science September 2014, 314 (7) 1104-1139; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/07.2014.02
E. Gomez-Rivas
* Department of Geosciences, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany
§§ Department of Geology and Petroleum Geology, School of Geosciences, King's College, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, United Kingdom; ; Phone: +44 1224 273449
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P. D. Bons
* Department of Geosciences, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany
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D. Koehn
** School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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J. L. Urai
*** Structural Geology, Tectonics and Geomechanics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
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M. Arndt
*** Structural Geology, Tectonics and Geomechanics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
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S. Virgo
*** Structural Geology, Tectonics and Geomechanics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
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B. Laurich
*** Structural Geology, Tectonics and Geomechanics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
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C. Zeeb
§ Institute for Applied Geosciences (AGW), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
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L. Stark
* Department of Geosciences, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany
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P. Blum
§ Institute for Applied Geosciences (AGW), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
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The Jabal Akhdar dome in the Oman Mountains: Evolution of a dynamic fracture system
E. Gomez-Rivas, P. D. Bons, D. Koehn, J. L. Urai, M. Arndt, S. Virgo, B. Laurich, C. Zeeb, L. Stark, P. Blum
American Journal of Science Sep 2014, 314 (7) 1104-1139; DOI: 10.2475/07.2014.02

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The Jabal Akhdar dome in the Oman Mountains: Evolution of a dynamic fracture system
E. Gomez-Rivas, P. D. Bons, D. Koehn, J. L. Urai, M. Arndt, S. Virgo, B. Laurich, C. Zeeb, L. Stark, P. Blum
American Journal of Science Sep 2014, 314 (7) 1104-1139; DOI: 10.2475/07.2014.02
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    • INTRODUCTION
    • GEOLOGICAL SETTING
    • PREVIOUS STUDIES OF VEINS, FAULTS AND FRACTURES IN JABAL AKHDAR
    • METHODS OF ANALYSIS OF FRACTURES, VEINS AND STYLOLITES
    • RESULTS: SEQUENCE OF EVENTS AND PALEOSTRESS ORIENTATIONS
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