Relief and shortening in detachment folds

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1785-1807

  Gonzalez Mieres, Ramon ^a   Suppe, John ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agbami anticline Niger delta; Bed length shortening; Cascadia subduction zone; Depth to detachment; Detachment folding; Nankai trough; Pure shear; Simple shear; Structural relief; Tectonic compaction; Thickness relief; Yakeng anticline Tianshan China

Indexed keywords

AGBAMI ANTICLINE NIGER DELTA; BED-LENGTH SHORTENING; CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; DETACHMENT FOLDING; STRUCTURAL RELIEF; TECTONIC COMPACTION; YAKENG ANTICLINE TIANSHAN CHINA;

SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; CURVATURE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FOLD; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; MODELING; REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY; SHEAR BAND; STRATIGRAPHY;

AFRICA; ASIA; CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; EURASIA; NANKAI TROUGH; NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TIEN SHAN; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33749034696     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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