Distinguishing syn-cleavage folds from pre-cleavage folds to which cleavage is virtually axial planar: examples from the Cambrian core of the Lower Palaeozoic Anglo-Brabant Deformation Belt (Belgium)

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1123-1138

  Debacker, T N ^a   van Noorden, M ^b   Sintubin, M ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Avalonia; Cleavage fanning; Cleavage refraction; Lower Palaeozoic; Slate belt; Slump fold

Indexed keywords

CLEAVAGE FANNING; CLEAVAGE REFRACTION; LOWER PALAEOZOIC; SLATE BELT; SLUMP FOLD;

DEFORMATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; REFRACTION; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CAMBRIAN; CLEAVAGE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FOLD; PALEOZOIC;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33744998726     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2006.03.027     Document Type: Article

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