Area, length and thickness conservation: Dogma or reality?

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 64-75

  Moretti, Isabelle ^a   Callot, Jean Paul ^b  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Area conservation; Balanced cross section; Compressional wedge

Indexed keywords

AREA METHOD; BALANCED CROSS-SECTION; BALANCING TECHNIQUES; COMPRESSIONAL; INTERNAL DEFORMATION; SUBSURFACE DATA; SURFACE DATA; VOLUME CONSERVATION;

EXTRAPOLATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CROSS SECTION; DECOLLEMENT; DEFORMATION; MODELING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ANDES; BOLIVIA;

EID: 84863992591     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2012.02.014     Document Type: Article

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