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).