Duplex style and triangle zone formation: Insights from physical modeling

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1623-1644

  Couzens Schultz, Brent A ^a   Vendeville, Bruno C ^b   Wiltschko, David V ^c  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiformal stacks; Duplex style; Triangle zone formation

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; DEFORMATION; ROCKS; SAND; SILICONES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

THRUST BELTS;

GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DECOLLEMENT; DEFORMATION; DUPLEX; MODELING; THRUST;

EID: 0042164520     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(03)00004-X     Document Type: Article

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