Experimental decipherment of the soft-sediment deformation observed in the upper part of the Talchir Formation (Lower Permian), Jharia Basin, India

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 205, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 100-110

  Dasgupta, Prabir ^a  

^a PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Kelvin Helmholtz instability; Roll up recumbent fold; Rootless isoclinal fold; Shear deformation; Sheath fold; Slump

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; DISLOCATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOLD; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; PERMIAN; RHEOLOGY; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; ORISSA; SOUTH ASIA; TALCHIR BASIN;

EID: 43049170333     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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