Sustainable transpression: An examination of strain and kinematics in deforming zones with migrating boundaries

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1984-2005

  Jiang, Dazhi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Fabric; Lineation; Modeling; Oblique convergence; Shear zone; Transpression

Indexed keywords

FOLIATIONS; LINEATIONS; OROGENY; TRANSPRESSION;

KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; LINEATION; MODELING; OBLIQUE FAULT; OROGENIC BELT; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN; STRAIN RATE; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPRESSION;

EID: 36649038919     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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