Sheath fold morphology in simple shear

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 15-26

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bulk strain indicator; Eye pattern; Shear sense indicator; Sheath fold; Simple shear; Slip surface

Indexed keywords

BULK STRAIN; EYE-PATTERN; SHEAR SENSE INDICATORS; SHEATH FOLD; SIMPLE SHEAR; SLIP SURFACES;

GEOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ASPECT RATIO;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; FOLD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP;

EID: 84880327012     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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