The significance of penetrative strain in the restoration of shortened layers - Insights from sand models and the Spanish pyrenees

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 82, 2005, Pages 207-222

  Koyi, Hemin A ^a   Sans, Maura ^b   Teixell, Antonio ^c   Cotton, James ^d   Zeyen, Hermann ^e  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; DEFORMATION; FOLD; GRAVITY; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; LITHOLOGY; POROSITY; SIMULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34548574640     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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