Flow perturbation folding in shear zones

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 272, Issue , 2007, Pages 75-101

  Alsop, G I ^a   Holdsworth, R E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; DISPLACEMENT; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FLOW PATTERN; FOLDING; GEOMETRY; SEDIMENT; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN; THRUST;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249807320     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.272.01.06     Document Type: Conference Paper

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