Estimating the detachment depth in cross sections involving detachment folds

Geological Magazine

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 395-412

  Bulnes, Mayte ^a   Poblet, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS SECTION; DEPTH DETERMINATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; FOLD;

EID: 0032709075     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756899002794     Document Type: Article

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