Finite strain and strain variation analysis in the Sheeprock thrust sheet: An internal thrust sheet in the Provo salient of the Sevier fold-and-thrust belt, Central Utah

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 385-405

  Mukul, Malay ^a,b   Mitra, Gautam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRAIN;

FINITE STRAIN ANALYSIS; FRY METHOD; SPATIAL STATISTICS METHOD; STRAIN VARIATION ANALYSIS;

TECTONICS;

FINITE STRAIN; STRAIN VARIATION; THRUST SHEET;

USA, UTAH;

EID: 0032052388     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0191-8141(97)00087-4     Document Type: Article

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