Effect of initial fault geometry on the development of fixed-hinge, fault-propagation folds

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1537-1541

  Spang, John H ^a   Mcconnell, David A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; DEFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FOLD; KINEMATIC MODEL; MCCONNELL MODEL; THRUST FAULT;

ROCKS;

FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PROPAGATION FOLD; THIN SKINNED TECTONICS; THRUST FAULT;

EID: 0031421022     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(97)00065-5     Document Type: Article

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