First-order topography over blind thrusts

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 398, Issue , 2006, Pages 251-266

  Ellis, Michael A ^a   Densmore, Alexander L ^b  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blind thrust; Neotectonics; Tectonic geomorphology; Topography

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FAULTING; GEOMETRY;

BLIND-THRUST; DISPLACEMENT FIELD; ELASTIC HALF SPACE; FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; NEOTECTONICS; SURFACE DISPLACEMENT; TECTONIC GEOMORPHOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHIC DIVIDE;

TOPOGRAPHY;

ACCUMULATION; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT; GEOMETRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MOUNTAIN; NEOTECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THRUST FAULT; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 67650705122     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2398(15)     Document Type: Article

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