Fold symmetry-a quantitative description

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 719-727

  Tripathi, Amit ^a   Gairola, V K ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRICAL FOLDS; DEGREE OF ASYMMETRY; FOLD SHAPE; FOLD SYMMETRY; HINGE POINT; INFLEXION POINT;

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROCK MECHANICS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CLASSIFICATION; FOLD; GEOMETRY; SYMMETRY;

EID: 0033165735     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00066-8     Document Type: Article

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