When do dragfolds not develop into sheath folds in shear zones?

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 577-583

  Jiang, Dazhi ^a   Williams, Paul F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAGFOLDS; MONOCLINIC THINNING ZONES; SHEAR ZONES; SHEATH FOLDS; ZONAL DEFORMATION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN;

TECTONICS;

DRAG; FOLDING; SHEAR ZONE; STEREOGRAPHIC PROJECTION; STRAIN;

EID: 0032854974     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00065-6     Document Type: Article

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