Numerical simulations of parasitic folding in multilayers

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1647-1657

  Frehner, Marcel ^a   Schmalholz, Stefan M ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Buckling; Finite element method; Folding; Multilayers; Parasitic folds

Indexed keywords

BUCKLE-FOLDS; MULTILAYER FOLDING; PARASITIC FOLDS;

BUCKLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VISCOUS FLOW;

TECTONICS;

BUCKLING; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOLDING; NUMERICAL METHOD;

EID: 33748445582     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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