An application of two-dimensional finite-element modelling for studying the deformation of the Variscan fold-and-thrust belt (Belgium)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 309, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 141-159

  Vanbrabant, Yves ^a   Jongmans, Denis ^a   Hassani, Riad ^a   Bellino, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ardenne Allochthon; Detachment; Numerical modelling; Rhenohercynian belt formation

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; HERCYNIAN OROGENY;

BELGIUM;

EID: 0032714224     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00136-5     Document Type: Article

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