Models of passive margin inversion: Implications for the Rhenohercynian fold-and-thrust belt, Belgium and Germany

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-29

  Vanbrabant, Y ^a   Braun, J ^b   Jongmans, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Fold and thrust belts; Numerical models; One dimensional models; Rhenohercynian; Strain; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASSIVE MARGIN; STRAIN PARTITIONING; STRESS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

BELGIUM; GERMANY;

EID: 0037200409     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00751-3     Document Type: Article

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