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Shortening Estimation

Shortening Estimation is a geological method within the field of structural geology that quantifies the amount of crustal compression in deformed sedimentary sequences by reconstructing the pre-deformation geometry of rock layers in balanced cross-sections.

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186

Authors

98

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2017–2026

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Balanced cross sections

Clinton D. A. Dahlstrom · Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences · 1969 · 1.1K citations

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Implications of shortening in the Himalayan fold‐thrust belt for uplift of the Tibetan Plateau

Peter G. DeCelles, Delores M. Robinson, G. Zandt · Tectonics · 2002 · 553 citations · Full text

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Lower bound on the amount of crustal shortening, in the central Bolivian Andes

Barbara Moths Sheffels · Geology · 1990 · 159 citations

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Detecting earliest shortening and deformation advance in thrust belt hinterlands: Example from the Colombian Andes

Maurício Parra, Andrés Mora, Cristina López et al. · Geology · 2012 · 131 citations

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Shortening of an overriding plate and its implications for slip on a subduction thrust, central Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand

Andrew Nicol, John Beavan · Tectonics · 2003 · 125 citations · Full text

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Authors

186

  1. SV
    S. V. Sobolev

    GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany

    3 publications · 171 citations

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  2. NM
    Nadine McQuarrie

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    1 publications · 58 citations

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  3. EL
    Emilio L. Pueyo

    Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain

    2 publications · 46 citations

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  4. FJ
    F. Jestin

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    2 publications · 185 citations

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  5. AM
    Andrés Mora

    Ecopetrol (Colombia), Colombia

    2 publications · 199 citations

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Institutions

98

  1. GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences

    Potsdam, Germany

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    369 citations

  2. Laboratoire de Géologie de l’École Normale Supérieure

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    548 citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    505 citations

  4. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    95 citations

  5. Instituto Geológico y Minero de España

    Madrid, Spain

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    115 citations

  6. Institute of Physics

    Krasnoyarsk, Russia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    96 citations

  7. National Central University

    Taoyuan City, Taiwan

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    80 citations

  8. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    1.7K citations

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Venues

  1. Tectonics

    6 publications · 772 citations

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  2. Geology

    5 publications · 493 citations

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  4. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

    2 publications · 37 citations

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  5. Chinese Science Bulletin

    2 publications · 65 citations

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