Influence of slump folds on tectonic folds: An example from the Lower Ordovician of the Anglo-Brabant Deformation Belt (Belgium)

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-46

  Beckers, R ^a   Debacker, Timothy N ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLD; GEOMETRY; ORDOVICIAN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; BRABANT MASSIF; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 29244439603     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764904-163     Document Type: Article

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