Inclined-shear restoration of growth folds

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 787-804

  Novoa, Enrique ^a   Suppe, John ^b   Shaw, John H ^c  

^a PDVSA INTEVEP   (Venezuela)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FOLDS; INCLINED SHEAR RESTORATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; SEDIMENT TRAPS; SEISMOLOGY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FOLD; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 0033938913     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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