Influence of erosion and deposition on deformation in fold belts

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 398, Issue , 2006, Pages 267-281

  Simpson, Guy ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Deformation; Deposition; Erosion; FEM; Finite element method; Folding; Numerical modeling; Surface processes

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ELASTIC-PLASTIC BEAM; EROSION AND DEPOSITION; FOLDING; NON-DIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS; RATE OF DEFORMATION; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; STRENGTH DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE PROCESS;

EROSION;

DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; EROSION; EXHUMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOLD BELT; FOLDING; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT; UPPER CRUST; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 50949120935     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2398(16)     Document Type: Article

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