Insights into fold growth using fold-related joint patterns and mechanical stratigraphy

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1466-1475

  Savage, Heather M ^a   Ryan Shackleton, J ^b   Cooke, Michele L ^b   Riedel, Jeffrey J ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Joint pattern; Mechanical stratigraphy; Plate bending; Sheep Mountain Anticline

Indexed keywords

COMBINED ANALYSIS; FRACTURE PATTERN; FRACTURE RESISTANCE; GROWTH HISTORY; JOINT PATTERN; MECHANICAL STRATIGRAPHY; PATTERN ANALYSIS; PLATE BENDING; RADIAL PATTERNS; RELATIVE TIMING; SHEEP MOUNTAIN ANTICLINE; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; WYOMING ,USA;

LANDFORMS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRATIGRAPHY; WOOL;

FRACTURE;

FOLD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; JOINT; PLATE TECTONICS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

SHEEP MOUNTAIN [WYOMING]; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78649465582     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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