Description

Regional crustal deformation caused by extensional forces, in which the Earth's crust fractures into uniformly rotated blocks separated by normal faults.

Category

Category of FEP

Geosynthesis

Sub-category

Sub-category of FEP

Internal geodynamic events - crustal deformation

Ondraf Niras FEP Number

Ondraf Niras FEP Number

30

FEP Effects

Description of FEP Effects

May result in uplift or subsidence (see FEPs 28 and 29).

Reference(s)

References Relevant to FEP

RD&D Plan

NEA TN2 IFEP Reference(s)

Related IFEPs from the NEA TN2 List of Proposed IFEP Revisions [NEA/RWM/R(2013)8]

1.2.3 Deformation (elastic, plastic or brittle).