Numerical modeling of hinge-zone migration in fault-bend folds

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 82, 2005, Pages 438-452

  Gregg Erickson, S ^a,b   Strayer, Luther M ^a,c   Suppe, John ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sullivan County Community College   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; FAULT; FOLD; GEOMETRY; MIGRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR STRAIN; THRUST;

EID: 34548590169     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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