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The evolution of single-layer folds under prescribed end-shortening conditions displays folds of varying wavelength. We investigate a simple model of this kind and characterize the long-term behaviour of fold profiles. In particular we determine the evolution of the axial load and the variation of the wavelength, and we show that fold profiles are highly self-similar.
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Budd, C.J., Hunt, G.W. & Peletier, M.A. Self-Similar Fold Evolution Under Prescribed End-Shortening. Mathematical Geology 31, 989–1005 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007557114296
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