The "isogon rosette" method for rapid estimation of strain in flattened folds

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 444-450

  Srivastava, Deepak C ^a   Shah, Jyoti ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Flattening; Fold classification; Isogon; Parallel fold; Strain

Indexed keywords

FOLD CLASSIFICATION; ISOGON; PARALLEL FOLD;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; LANDFORMS; STRAIN; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL ARC; ELLIPSE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOLDING; GEOMETRY; STRAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 41149097962     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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