Experimental and field study of the effects of lithological contrasts on thrust-related deformation

Tectonics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Teixell, Antonio ^a   Koyi, Hemin A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Analogue modeling; Deformation; Mechanical stratigraphy; Pyrenees; Thrust

Indexed keywords

ANALOG MODEL; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FOLDING; IMBRICATION; LITHOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONOPHYSICS; THRUST;

EID: 2342598386     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002TC001407     Document Type: Article

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