GenLab: A MATLAB®-based program for structural analysis of folds mapped by GPS or seismic methods

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 317-326

  Fernandez Martinez J L ^a   Lisle, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Curvature analysis; Differential geometry; Fault recognition; Folds

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOMETRY; MATLAB; MODAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATIC FAULT RECOGNITIONS; BRITTLE STRAINING; CURVATURE ANALYSIS; DEVELOPABLE SURFACES; DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY; DO-MAINS; DUCTILE DEFORMATIONS; FAULT RECOGNITION; FOLDS; GEOLOGICAL SURFACES; GEOMETRICAL MODELS; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; LENGTH PARAMETERS; MAP PATTERNS; OPTIMAL VALUES; PLUNGE LINES; SEISMIC METHODS; SEISMICALLY MAPPED HORIZONS; STRAIGHT LINES; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITIES; TANGENT PLANES;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FAULT GEOMETRY; FOLDING; GPS; MAPPING METHOD; MODELING; SEISMIC METHOD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 58349114621     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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