Fig. 3

Example of field criteria used to establish relative deformation chronologies and separate fracture data into kinematically homogeneous subsets. a Cross-cutting relationship between two fracture sets within an outcrop of Upper Malm limestone (Plattenkalk Fm.; outcrop 51, see Fig. 1; Table 1 for location). A normal fault plane is cross-cut and slightly offset by vertical strike-slip faults and therefore regarded as being relatively older. b Illustration of the separation of the fracture dataset into two kinematically homogeneous subsets. Fracture data are illustrated as lower hemisphere equal area projections