Geometric tests and their application to fault-related folds in Kuqa

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 473-480

  Chen, Jian ^a   Lu, Huafu ^b   Wang, Shengli ^b   Shang, Yanjun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fault related folds; Foreland basin; Geometric tests; Time depth transformation

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; FOLDING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

EID: 19044388739     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2004.04.008     Document Type: Article

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