Syntectonic sedimentation effects on the growth of fold-and-thrust belts

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-86

  Fillon, Charlotte ^a,b   Huismans, Ritske S ^b   van der Beek, P Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; MECHANICAL MODEL; MODEL RESULTS; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENTATION EFFECTS;

RIGIDITY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS;

SEDIMENTS;

FOLD AND THRUST BELT; RIGIDITY; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENTATION; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84872162964     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G33531.1     Document Type: Article

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