Where is the footwall flat? A cautionary note on template constraints

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 373-377

  Koyi, Hemin A ^a   Teixell, Antonio ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOTWALL FLATS;

DEFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL MECHANICS;

SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

FAULT; FOOTWALL; KINEMATICS;

EID: 0033041192     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00009-7     Document Type: Article

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