Can flat-ramp-flat fault geometry be inferred from fold shape?: A comparison of kinematic and mechanical folds

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2023-2034

  Savage, Heather M ^a   Cooke, Michele L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault geometry prediction; Fault bend folding; Kinematic models; Mechanical models

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINEMATICS;

MECHANICAL FOLDS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULTING; FOLDING; KINEMATICS; SHAPE;

EID: 0142135912     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(03)00080-4     Document Type: Article

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