Geometry and evolution of a fault-bend fold: Mount Bertha anticline

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 208-224

  Jamison, William ^a   Pope, Alasdaire ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Agencia Chile   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIME; LIMESTONE; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DETACHMENT FOLDS; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT PROPAGATION FOLDING; FOLD STRUCTURES; GEOMETRIC MODELS; STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS; STRUCTURAL GEOMETRY; SUBSTANTIAL VARIATIONS; DOLOSTONES; FAULT BENDS; PALEOZOIC; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

GEOMETRY;

ANTICLINE; BENDING; CARBONATE ROCK; DOLOSTONE; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PLANE; HANGING WALL; LIMESTONE; PALEOZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; CARBONATE; FAULT BEND FOLD; FOLD GEOMETRY; PALAEOZOIC; THRUST;

CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; MOUNT BERTHA; ROCKIES;

EID: 0029730555     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0208:GAEOAF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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