Palinspastic reconstruction of structure maps: An automated finite element approach with heterogeneous strain

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1021-1036

  Dunbar, John A ^a   Cook, Richard W ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Shell Oil Products Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Map reconstruction; Structure map topology

Indexed keywords

STRUCTURE MAPS;

ALGORITHMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; KINEMATICS; MAPS; STRAIN;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CROSS SECTION; FAULTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOLDING; MAPPING; RECONSTRUCTION; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 0037411475     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(02)00154-2     Document Type: Article

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