Polygonal deformation bands

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 45-58

  Antonellini, Marco ^a   Mollema, Pauline Nella ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arches National Park (Utah, USA); Deformation bands; Fault propagation and interaction; Homogeneous strain; Polygonal faults; Porous sandstone; Strain hardening

Indexed keywords

SANDSTONE; STRAIN HARDENING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION BAND; FAULT PROPAGATION; NATIONAL PARKS; POLYGONAL FAULT; POROUS SANDSTONE;

SHEAR DEFORMATION;

DEFORMATION; FAULT PROPAGATION; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; HARDENING; POLYGON; POROUS MEDIUM; SANDSTONE; SHEAR BAND; STRAIN;

ARCHES NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84945362984     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2015.10.003     Document Type: Article

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