Erosional control of the kinematics and geometry of fold-and-thrust belts imaged in a physical and numerical sandbox

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Cruz, L ^a   Malinski, J ^a   Wilson, A ^a   Take, W A ^b   Hilley, G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD; OROGENY; SHEAR STRAIN; TECTONIC WEDGE;

EID: 77957601695     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007472     Document Type: Article

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