Energy budget during fold tightening of a multilayer fold

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 972-988

  Ismat, Zeshan ^a  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataclastic flow; Energy consumption; Folding; Multilayer; Work

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING SEQUENCES; CATACLASTIC FLOW; ENERGY BUDGETS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FOLDING; FOLDING PROCESS; GEOMETRIC DETAILS; KINEMATIC COMPONENTS; TOTAL ENERGY; WORK;

KINEMATICS; QUARTZ; RESEARCH;

MULTILAYERS;

ARGILLITE; CATACLASITE; DIP; ENERGY BUDGET; FAULT GEOMETRY; FOLDING; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUARTZITE; SYNCLINE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

CANYON RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 69949102960     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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