Sheath fold formation around slip surfaces

Terra Nova

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 417-421

  Reber, Jacqueline E ^a   Dabrowski, Marcin ^a   Schmid, Daniel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FOLD; FORMATION MECHANISM; PERTURBATION; SHEAR ZONE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84866026883     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2012.01081.x     Document Type: Article

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