A velocity description of constant-thickness fault-propagation folding

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 893-896

  Hardy, Stuart ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULT PROPAGATION FOLDING; FOLDING; SEDIMENTATION;

DEFORMATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CONSTANT THICKNESS FAULT PROPAGATION FOLDING; FOLD FORELIMBS;

TECTONICS;

EID: 0030615843     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(97)00013-8     Document Type: Article

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