Cyclical behavior of thrust wedges: Insights from high basal friction sandbox experiments

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-138

  Gutscher, Marc André ^a   Kukowski, Nina ^a   Malavieille, Jacques ^b   Lallemand, Serge ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION;

ACCRETIONARY WEDGE; AVERAGE SPACING; CRITICAL ANGLES; DEFORMATION FRONT; FRICTION EXPERIMENTS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; SANDBOX EXPERIMENTS; WEDGE GEOMETRY; THRUST WEDGES;

FRICTION;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CYCLICITY; EXPERIMENT; FRICTION; IMBRICATION; THRUST FAULT; UNDERPLATING; BASAL FRICTION; SANDBOX EXPERIMENT; THRUST WEDGE;

EID: 0029750407     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0135:CBOTWI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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