Unfolding: An inverse approach to fold kinematics

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-178

  Vergés, Jaume ^a   Burbank, Douglas W ^b   Meigs, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

DETACHMENT FOLDS; EBRO BASIN; GROWTH STRATA; INVERSE APPROACH; KINEMATIC EVOLUTION; SEDIMENTATION RATES; UNDEFORMED STATE;

KINEMATICS;

DETACHMENT FOLD; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; FOLD KINEMATICS; SHORTENING; UNFOLDING;

EBRO BASIN; SPAIN;

EID: 0029730318     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0175:UAIATF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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