Controls on localization and densification of a modern décollement: Northern Barbados accretionary prism

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 288-297

  Wallace, G ^a   Moore, J C ^a   DiLeonardo, C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

D collement; Image analysis; Localization; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

SHEAR-ENHANCED CONSOLIDATION;

CLAY; DEFORMATION; DENSIFICATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

GEOPHYSICS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DECOLLEMENT; DENSITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; POROSITY; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

BARBADOS;

EID: 84879882399     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2003)115<0288:COLADO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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