Strain partitioning during flexural-slip folding

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 127, Issue , 1998, Pages 149-165

  Couples, Gary D ^a   Lewis, Helen ^a   Tanner, P W Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLDING; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 0032451267     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.127.01.12     Document Type: Article

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