Monoclinic and triclinic 3D flanking structures around elliptical cracks

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2009-2021

  Exner, Ulrike ^a   Dabrowski, Marcin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Eshelby's solution; Fault related folds; Monoclinic flow; Sheath folds

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; ESHELBY; FAULT-RELATED FOLD; MONOCLINIC FLOW; SHEATH FOLD;

CRACKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CRACK; DEFLECTION; FAULT GEOMETRY; FLOW STRUCTURE; FOLD; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 78649777775     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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