Control of folding by gravity and matrix thickness: Implications for large-scale folding

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Schmalholz, S M ^a   Podladchikov, Y Y ^a   Burg, J P ^a  

^a Geomodelling Solutions GmbH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Argand; Detachment; D collement; Folding; Folds; Gravity

Indexed keywords

DECOLLEMENT; DEPTH; FOLDING; GRAVITY; MATRIX; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; RHEOLOGY; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0036205886     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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