Geometry, mechanisms and significance of extensional folds from examples in the Rocky Mountain Basin and Range province, USA

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 841-856

  Janecke, Susanne U ^a   Vandenburg, Colby J ^a   Blankenau, James J ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL FOLDS;

DEFORMATION; LAND FORMS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EXTENSION; FOLDING;

USA, ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0032123385     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(98)00016-9     Document Type: Article

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