Modeling the shortening history of a fault tip fold using structural and geomorphic records of deformation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Daëron, Mathieu ^a   Avouac, Jean Philippe ^a   Charreau, Julien ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UMR 7327   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DETACHMENT FAULT; FOLD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; STRATIGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

EID: 34548583795     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004460     Document Type: Article

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