Rock rheology and sharpness of folds in single layers

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 925-931

  Labao, Lan ^a   Hudleston, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTILAYERS; PLASTIC FLOW; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN; VISCOUS FLOW;

FOLD HINGES; ROCK FOLDS; STRAIN DISTRIBUTION; STRAIN PATTERN; STRAIN SOFTENING;

ROCKS;

ANISOTROPY; FOLD GEOMETRY; FOLDING; NON-LINEARITY; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0030184149     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8141(96)00018-1     Document Type: Article

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