Numerical modelling of growth strata and grain-size distributions associated with fault-bend folding

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 134, Issue , 1998, Pages 381-401

  Den Bezemer, Taco ^a   Kooi, Henk ^a   Podladchikov, Yuri ^a   Cloetingh, Sierd ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; FACIES ANALYSIS; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOLDING; FORELAND BASIN; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 0032321698     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.134.01.18     Document Type: Article

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