A unified kinematic model for the evolution of detachment folds

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1659-1673

  Mitra, Shankar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Detachment folds; Fold belts; Unified kinematic model

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DEFORMATION; HINGES; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DETACHMENT FOLDS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

DETACHMENT FOLD; FOLD BELT; FOLDING; GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 0042069955     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(02)00198-0     Document Type: Article

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