Constraints on deformation mechanisms during folding provided by rock physical properties: A case study at Sheep Mountain anticline (Wyoming, USA)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1105-1123

  Amrouch, K ^a,b,c   Robion, P ^d   Callot, J P ^a   Lacombe, O ^b,c   Daniel, J M ^a   Bellahsen, N ^b,c   Faure, J L ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

Author keywords

Continental tectonics: Compressional; Magnetic fabrics and anisotropy Microstructures; North America

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY OF MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; COMPRESSIONAL; DATA SETS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DIFFERENTIAL STRESS; LARAMIDE; MAGNETIC FABRICS AND ANISOTROPY MICROSTRUCTURES; MESOSCOPIC SCALE; MESOSCOPICS; MICROSCOPIC SCALE; NORTH AMERICA; P-WAVE VELOCITY; PRINCIPAL AXES; ROCK PHYSICAL; STRAIN ANALYSIS; STRAIN PATTERNS; STRESS-STRAIN DATA; STRESS-STRAIN TENSORS; STRUCTURAL TRENDS; WYOMING ,USA;

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; FRACTURE; LANDFORMS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRESSES; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; TECTONICS; TENSORS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WOOL;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

FOLDING; KINEMATICS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FABRIC; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; P-WAVE; STRAIN ANALYSIS; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

SHEEP MOUNTAIN [WYOMING]; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77955732239     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04673.x     Document Type: Article

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