Inferring fault characteristics using fold geometry constrained by Airborne Laser Swath Mapping at Raplee Ridge, Utah

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2007, Pages

  Mynatt, I ^a   Hilley, G E ^a   Pollard, D D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; MAPPING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RHEOLOGY;

AIRBORNE LASER SWATH MAPPING; FOLD GEOMETRY; STRATA DEFLECTIONS;

TECTONICS;

AIRBORNE SENSING; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; FAULT GEOMETRY; FOLD; LASER METHOD; MAPPING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

NORTH AMERICA; RAPLEE RIDGE; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 35948944921     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030548     Document Type: Article

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