Understanding kinematic data from the Moine thrust zone in terms of a kinematics-based mathematical model of deforming thrust wedges

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1556-1572

  Mookerjee, Matty ^a   Mitra, Gautam ^b  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Moine thrust; Numerical model; Shear zone; Strain; Thrust sheet

Indexed keywords

KINEMATIC DATA; LONG AXIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUMERICAL MODELS; PLANE MOTIONS; PLANE-STRAIN; REGIONAL TRANSPORT; SHAPE APPROXIMATION; SHAPE DATA; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN MAGNITUDE; STRAIN PATTERNS; THRUST WEDGES; THRUST ZONE; TRANSPORT DIRECTION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DIP-SLIP FAULT; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANE STRAIN; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC WEDGE; THRUST FAULT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MOINE THRUST ZONE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449707179     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2009.08.012     Document Type: Article

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