Fault-bend folding as an end-member solution of (double-edge) fault-propagation folding

Terra Nova

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 270-275

  Tavani, Stefano ^a   Storti, Fabrizio ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT PROPAGATION; FOLDING;

EID: 33746241989     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2006.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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