Mechanical stratigraphy and fault-fold interaction, Absaroka thrust sheet, Salt River Range, Wyoming

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1171-1192

  Chester, Judith S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Duplex; Fault fold interaction; Mechanical stratigraphy; Multilayer deformation; Wedge mechanics

Indexed keywords

THRUST SHEET;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; DEFORMATION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

STRATIGRAPHY;

DEFORMATION; DUPLEX; FAULTING; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOLDING; STRATIGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037411485     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(02)00151-7     Document Type: Article

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