Boudinage in multilayered rocks under layer-normal compression: A theoretical analysis

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 373-382

  Mandal, Nibir ^a   Chakraborty, Chandan ^b   Samanta, Susanta Kumar ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUDINAGE;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; DUCTILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BOUDINAGE; COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION; FOLDING;

EID: 0034025545     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00156-X     Document Type: Article

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