Ramp initiation in a thrust wedge

Nature

Volumn 427, Issue 6975, 2004, Pages 624-627

  Panlan, John ^a   Wiltschko, David ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STRAIN; STRATIGRAPHY;

FLUID PRESSURE FOLDING; PLASTIC STRAINS; SYNCTECTONIC EROSION;

TECTONICS;

FOLD AND THRUST BELT; OROGENIC BELT; STRAIN ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THRUST;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; GEOMETRY; LIQUID; MECHANICAL STRESS; PLASTICITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 1342304234     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02334     Document Type: Article

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