DETACH: An Excel spreadsheet to simulate 2-D cross sections of detachment folds

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 30, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 1069-1077

  Wilkerson, M Scott ^a   Wilson, Joshua M ^a   Poblet, Josep ^b   Fischer, Mark P ^c  

^a DEPAUW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balanced cross section; Fault related fold; Fold thrust belt; Forward modeling; Structural geology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPREADSHEETS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

DETACHMENT FOLDS; GEOMETRIC MODELS; KINEMATIC MODELS; STRUCTURE MODELING SOFTWARE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FOLD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPREADSHEET; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 13644272508     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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