Assessing uncertainties in balanced cross sections

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 458-467

  Judge, Phoebe A ^a   Allmendinger, Richard W ^a  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

Area balance; Balanced section; Cross section; Error analysis; Thrust belt

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; AREA BALANCE; BALANCED CROSS SECTIONS; BALANCED SECTION; CENTRAL ANDES; CROSS SECTION; INCOMPLETE DATA; INPUT PARAMETER; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; ROBUST ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL CROSS-SECTION; THRUST BELT; UNDER-CONSTRAINED;

ERROR ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BELT; CROSS SECTION; DECOLLEMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; HANGING WALL; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATIGRAPHY; THRUST;

ANDES;

EID: 79953029219     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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