Strain patterns within part of the Willard thrust sheet, Idaho-Utah-Wyoming thrust belt

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1315-1343

  Yonkee, Adolph ^a  

^a WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fold thrust belt; Microtextures; Strain; Vorticity

Indexed keywords

FOLD-THRUST BELT; MICROTEXTURES; VORTICITY;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; LITHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

STRAIN ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THRUST;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23944504037     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2004.06.014     Document Type: Article

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