An experimental evaluation of the curvature-strain relation in fault-related folds

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 869-884

  Keating, David P ^a   Fischer, Mark P ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; FORECASTING; ROCKS;

CURVATURE ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; EXTENSIONAL STRAIN; FAULT-RELATED FOLD; FRACTURE NETWORK; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SCALED PHYSICAL MODEL; SUB-SURFACE FRACTURES;

STRAIN;

CURVATURE; DIP-SLIP FAULT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOLDING; FRACTURE NETWORK; MODELING; STRAIN; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 49049084227     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/03060807111     Document Type: Article

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