Restoration of structural cross-sections

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 975-986

  Wickham, John ^a   Moeckel, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SHEAR STRESS; STRATIGRAPHY;

DEFORMED STRATIGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; STRUCTURAL CROSS SECTIONS;

TECTONICS;

CROSS SECTION RESTORATION; DEFORMATION; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 0031189494     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(97)00020-5     Document Type: Article

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