Total bulk strain in flattened parallel folds

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 827-838

  Aller, J ^a   Bobillo Ares, N C ^a   Bastida, F ^a   Lisle, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buckling; Fold flattening; Mathematical modelling; Strain

Indexed keywords

(001) PARAMETER; BEST FIT; BULK SHORTENING; BULK STRAIN; COMPUTER CODING; CONIC SECTIONS; ECCENTRICITY (ECC); ELSEVIER (CO); FOLDED STRUCTURES; NEW METHODS; SHAPE DATA; SHAPE INFORMATION; SIMPLE METHODS; STRAIN DATA; TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D);

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; PROGRAM INTERPRETERS; PROGRAMMING THEORY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ASPECT RATIO;

BUCKLING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ECCENTRICITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOLD; MODELING; STRAIN;

EID: 45649083884     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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