Folding processes and solitary waves in structural geology

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1732, 1997, Pages 2197-2213

  Hunt, G W ^a   Muhlhaus H B ^b   Whiting, A I M ^c  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AURECON   (Australia)

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EID: 3142592673     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1997.0118     Document Type: Article

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