Strain estimation from flattened parallel folds: Application of the Wellman method and Mohr circle

Geological Magazine

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 243-247

  Shah, Jyoti ^a   Srivastava, Deepak C ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Angular shear; Flattened parallel fold; Mohr circle; Oblique flattening; Wellman method

Indexed keywords

FLATTENED PARALLEL FOLD; MOHR CIRCLE; OBLIQUE FLATTENING; ORTHOGONAL RELATIONSHIP; PRINCIPAL STRAIN DIRECTION; STRAIN ESTIMATION; WELLMAN;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

FOLDING; GEOMETRY; MOHR THEORY; SHEAR STRAIN; STRAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646239405     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756805001688     Document Type: Article

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