Mullions in the High-Ardenne Slate Belt (Belgium): Numerical model and parameter sensitivity analysis

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1677-1692

  Kenis, I ^a   Urai, J L ^b   van der Zee, W ^b   Sintubin, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Mullions; Quartz veins; Rheology

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL BOUNDARIES; PSAMMITE LAYERS;

DEFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; QUARTZ; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; QUARTZ VEIN; RHEOLOGY; SLATE;

ARDENNES [WESTERN EUROPE]; BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3242735112     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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