A rapid method for strain estimation from flattened parallel folds

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Srivastava, Deepak C ^a   Shah, Jyoti ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Destraining; Flattened parallel fold; Flattening; Fold analysis; Oblique flattening; Parallel fold

Indexed keywords

DESTRAINING; FLATTENED PARALLEL FOLDS; OBLIQUE-FLATTENING; STRAIN ESTIMATION;

BUCKLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; STRAIN; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FOLDING; STRAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 31144440722     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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