The geometry of folded tectonic shear sense indicators

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 123-127

  Goscombe, Ben ^a   Trouw, Rudolph ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^b I GEO URFRJ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHEAR INDICATORS; STRETCHING LINEATION;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FOLDING; GEOMETRY; LINEATION; SHEAR; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 0032937007     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(98)00092-3     Document Type: Article

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