Cross-section restoration: A tool to simulate deformation. Application to a fault-propagation fold from the Cantabrian fold and thrust belt, NW Iberian Peninsula

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 172-183

  Masini, Massimiliano ^a   Bulnes, Mayte ^a   Poblet, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cantabrian fold and thrust belt; Cross section restoration; Deformation; Fault propagation fold; Layer parallel shear; Small scale structures

Indexed keywords

CANTABRIAN FOLD AND THRUST BELT; CROSS-SECTION RESTORATION; FAULT PROPAGATION; FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; SMALL-SCALE STRUCTURES;

DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; RESTORATION; TECTONICS;

RECONSTRUCTION (STRUCTURAL);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FAULT PROPAGATION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; KINEMATICS; LIMESTONE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTCROP; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

CANTABRIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

EID: 75149152220     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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