Patterns of imbricate thrusting

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1140-1154

  Shaw, John H ^a   Bilotti, Frank ^b   Brennan, Peter A ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texaco Inc Houston   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING;

FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; INTEGRATED METHOD; KINEMATIC MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGES; SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES; STRUCTURAL CLOSURES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

SHEAR STRAIN;

FOLD AND THRUST BELT; IMBRICATION; THRUST;

EID: 0033459490     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<1140:POIT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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