Comment on " Eye and sheath folds in turbidite convolute lamination: Aberystwyth Grits Group, Wales" , by H.L.O. McClelland, N.H. Woodcock, C. Gladstone, Journal of Structural Geology 33 (2011) 1140-1147

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 248-250

  Marques, F O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ductile shear zone; Shear strain; Sheath fold; Slump

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858154996     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2012.01.010     Document Type: Note

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