Differentiating lava slip planes from tectonic faults: A key issue in structural geology

• Published in: Global and Planetary Change
• Main Authors: Tibaldi, A, Bonali, FL, Mariotto, FP, Russo, E
• Other Authors: Bonali, F, Mariotto, F
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2018
• Subjects: Fault; Kinematic; Slickenside; Volcanic succession; lava; slip planes; rheology; Settore GEOS-02/C - Geologia strutturale e tettonica; Etna; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10281/183064; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2017.11.003

The correct geological and structural survey of rock successions containing lava deposits may be biased by the possible confusion between tectonic faults and slip planes produced by lava flow sectors moving at different velocities during emplacement. Microtectonic features on slip planes resulting f...