Strains within thrust-wrench zones

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1011-1014

  Merle, Olivier ^a   Gapais, Denis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; STRAIN RATE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FINITE STRAINS; OBLIQUE CONVERGENCE; THRUST WRENCH ZONES;

TECTONICS;

NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OBLIQUE CONVERGENCE; STRAIN; THRUSTING; WRENCHING;

EID: 0031192432     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(97)00027-8     Document Type: Article

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