Fold amplification and style transition involving fractured dip-domain boundaries: Buckling experiments in brittle paraffin wax multilayers and comparison with natural examples

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 270, Issue , 2007, Pages 157-169

  Bazalgette, Loic ^a,b   Petit, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; BUCKLING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLEXURE; FOLDING; FRACTURE ZONE; FRICTION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; STRAIN; TESTING METHOD; UPPER CRUST;

EID: 33947416062     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.270.01.11     Document Type: Article

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