Shortening histories in active detachment folds based on area-of-relief methods

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 94, 2011, Pages 39-67

  Gonzalez Mieres, Ramon ^a,c   Suppe, John ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ANTICLINE; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FOLD; PLATE TECTONICS; RELIEF; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC SETTING;

CHINA; JAPAN; NANKAI TROUGH; NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA; OREGON; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863451320     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/13251332M943428     Document Type: Article

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