Numerical investigation of deformation mechanics in fold-and-thrust belts: Influence of rheology of single and multiple décollements

Tectonics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Ruh, Jonas B ^a   Kaus, Boris J P ^b   Burg, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; FRICTION; RHEOLOGY; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY;

DEFORMATION MECHANICS; DETACHMENT FOLDS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; FRICTION ANGLES; LINEAR VISCOUS; LONG WAVELENGTH; MOHR-COULOMB; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; POWER-LAW RHEOLOGY; ROCK SEQUENCE; SALT LAYERS; SHALE LAYERS; STRATIGRAPHIC COLUMNS; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; THRUST SYSTEMS; UNDERPLATING; WEAK LAYER;

TECTONICS;

DECOLLEMENT; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FRICTION; PLATE CONVERGENCE; RHEOLOGY; SALT TECTONICS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOPLASTICITY;

EID: 84861140601     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011TC003047     Document Type: Article

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