Passive roof thrusting and forelandward fold propagation in scaled brittle-ductile physical models of thrust wedges

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B2, 2001, Pages 2291-2311

  Bonini, Marco ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULTING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; THRUST;

EID: 0035066077     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900310     Document Type: Article

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