Lateral variations of strain in experimental forced folds

Tectonophysics

Volumn 295, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 79-91

  Couples, Gary D ^a,b   Lewis, Helen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bedding plane faults; Experimental models; Flexural slip; Strain analysis

Indexed keywords

CONFINING PRESSURE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FLEXURE; FOLDING; MODEL; STRAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032582311     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00116-4     Document Type: Article

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