Relationship between non-cylindrical fold geometry and the shear direction in monoclinic and triclinic shear zones

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1022-1033

  Kuiper, Yvette D ^a,b   Jiang, Dazhi ^c   Lin, Shoufa ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fabric; High strain zone; Numerical modeling; Shear direction; Sheath fold; Transpression

Indexed keywords

FABRIC ATRACTOR; FLOW GEOMETRY; HIGH-STRAIN ZONE; NON-CYLINDRICAL FOLD GEOMETRY; SHEAR DIRECTION; SHEAR ZONES;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR FLOW; STRAIN; STRAIN RATE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FOLD; MONOCLINE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN RATE; TRANSPRESSION;

EID: 34248536529     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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