Progressive evolution of a fault-related fold pair from growth strata geometries, Sant Llorenç de Morunys, SE Pyrenees

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 1997, Pages 413-441

  Ford, Mary ^a   Williams, Edward A ^a   Artoni, Andrea ^a   Vergés, Jaume ^b   Hardy, Stuart ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; KINEMATICS; STRATIGRAPHY; VECTORS;

ANTICLINE; FAULT RELATED FOLD PAIR; GROWTH STRATA GEOMETRIES; SYNCLINE;

TECTONICS;

FAULT; FOLD; KINEMATICS; STRUCTURAL GEOMETRY; TERTIARY;

SPAIN, ARAGON, EBRO BASIN, SANT LLORENC DE MORUNYS;

EID: 0031103437     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0191-8141(96)00116-2     Document Type: Article

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