Models of passive margin inversion: implications for the Rhenohercynian fold-and-thrust belt, Belgium and Germany

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2002

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Vanbrabant, Y
Braun, Jean
Jongmans, D

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Elsevier

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Positive tectonic inversion is related to the transmission of compressional stresses along a décollement into the foreland of an orogenic zone. This stress and strain concentration in regions remote from the main orogenic front is commonly related to the

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Keywords: finite element method; fold and thrust belt; numerical model; passive margin; strain partitioning; stress; tectonic evolution; Belgium; Germany Finite element analysis; Fold and thrust belts; Numerical models; One-dimensional models; Rhenohercynian; Strain; Tectonics

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Earth and Planetary Science Letters

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