Late Paleozoic-Cenozoic fault correlation and characterization of fault rocks in western Troms, North Norway

• Main Author: Koehl, Jean-Baptiste Philippe
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universitetet i Tromsø 2013
• Subjects: brittle fault; fault rock; cataclasite; extensional duplex; fault complex; transfer zone; West Troms Basement Complex; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Mineralogi; petrologi; geokjemi: 462; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Mineralogy; petrology; geochemistry: 462; GEO-3900; Barents Sea; Norway; Rekvika; Finnmark; North Atlantic; North Norway; Vestfjorden; Troms
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/5214

The present work focuses on the mapping and description of onshore brittle fault zones on the SW Barents Sea Margin, within gneisses and granitic intrusions belonging to the West Troms Basement Complex. The description of the brittle structures includes the geometry, kinematics and fault rock charac...