Quantification of three-dimensional folding using fluvial terraces: A case study from the Mushi anticline, northern margin of the Chinese Pamir

Fold deformation in three dimensions involves shortening, uplift, and lateral growth. Fluvial terraces represent strain markers that have been widely applied to constrain a fold's shortening and uplift. For the lateral growth, however, the utility of fluvial terraces has been commonly ignored....

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Main Authors: Li, Tao (Author), Chen, Jie (Author), Thompson, Jessica A. (Author), Burbank, Douglas W. (Author), Yang, Xiaodong (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2013-08.
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