Self-Similar Fold Evolution under Prescribed End-Shortening

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 989-1005

  Budd, Chris J ^a   Hunt, Giles W ^c   Peletier, Mark A ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b CWI   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Fold characterization; Long term asymptotics; Variable wave length; Viscous halfspace; Viscous winkler foundation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004397178     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007557114296     Document Type: Article

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