Photogrammetric techniques for analyzing displacement, strain, and structural geometry in physical models: Application to the growth of monoclinal basement uplifts

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 369-382

  Fischer, Mark P ^a   Keating, David P ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basement uplift; Monocline; Photogrammetry; Physical model; Strain

Indexed keywords

MONOCLINES; STRUCTURAL GEOMETRY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) GEOMETRY;

BIOMARKERS; CAMERAS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

EID: 15844382743     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25484.1     Document Type: Article

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