Mechanical analysis of the geometry of forced-folds

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 401-410

  Johnson, Kaj M ^a,b   Johnson, Arvid M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic; Forced folding; Isotropic

Indexed keywords

FORCED-FOLDS;

ANISOTROPY; LANDFORMS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ANISOTROPY; FOLDING; GEOMETRY; ISOTROPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MODELING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036138988     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(01)00085-2     Document Type: Article

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