Varying frontal thrust spacing in mono-vergent wedges: An insight from analogue models

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 699-714

  Saha, Puspendu ^a   Bose, Santanu ^a   Mandal, Nibir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Basal friction; Fold and thrust belts; Sandbox experiments; Surface erosion; Surface slope

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; THRUST FAULT;

EID: 84881068476     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-013-0299-6     Document Type: Article

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