Discrete-element modelling of detachment folding

Basin Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 507-520

  Hardy, Stuart ^a   Finch, Emma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; FOLDING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

EID: 33745202803     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2005.00280.x     Document Type: Article

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