Ramp initiation and spacing in a homogeneous thrust wedge

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Panian, John ^a,b   Wiltschko, David ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BJ SERVICES COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEOMETRY; HOMOGENEITY; NUCLEATION; PERTURBATION; PLATE BOUNDARY; SPACING; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST;

EID: 39749179936     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003596     Document Type: Article

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