Two conceptual models of displacement transfer and examples

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 900-911

  Guam, Shuwei ^a,b   Wang, Xin ^b   Yang, Shufeng ^b   He, Dengfa ^a   Zhao, Weidong ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TARIM OILFIELD COMPANY   (China)

Author keywords

Displacement transfer; Fault bend folding; Infinitely equal division model; Qiulitag zone; Reverse symmetry model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DISPLACEMENT TRANSFER; FAULT-BEND FOLDING; INFINITELY EQUAL DIVISION MODEL; QIULITAG ZONE; REVERSE SYMMETRY MODEL;

SURFACE STRUCTURE;

ANTICLINE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOLDING; MODELING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 33746374312     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03yd0399     Document Type: Article

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