Methods for detecting formation mechanisms and determining a final strain value for different scales of folded structures

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 344, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 125-137

  Yakovlev, Fedor L ^a  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Balanced cross sections; Fold and thrust belts; Kinematic models; Linear folding; Mechanisms of folding; Shortening value

Indexed keywords

FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOLDING; FORMATION MECHANISM; GEODYNAMICS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; KINEMATICS; NAPPE; STRAIN ANALYSIS; TECTONIC SETTING;

CAUCASUS;

EID: 84861190056     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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