Folding in regions of extension

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1120-1134

  Levy F ^a   Jaupart, C ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

And modelling; Continental tectonics: extensional; Folds and folding; Mechanics; Theory

Indexed keywords

AND MODELLING; BASIN AND RANGE; CONTINENTAL TECTONICS; DEFORMATION FIELD; ELASTIC LAYERS; ELASTIC THICKNESS; GEOMETRICAL CONFIGURATIONS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LOWER CRUST; RIGID BLOCK; THEORY;

ELASTIC MODULI; TECTONICS;

DEFORMATION;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; FOLDING; MOHO;

EID: 79955983762     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05013.x     Document Type: Article

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