Distribution of fault slip in outcrop-scale fault-related folds, Appalachian Mountains

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 1997, Pages 257-267

  McConnell, David A ^a   Kattenhorn, Simon A ^a,b   Benner, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; KINEMATICS; LANDFORMS;

FAULT SLIP; OUTCROP SCALE FAULT RELATED FOLDS;

TECTONICS;

FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT SLIP; FOLD;

USA, APPALACHIANS, VALLEY AND RIDGE PROVINCE;

EID: 0031104346     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0191-8141(96)00094-6     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Armstrong, P. A. and Bartley, J. M. (1993) Displacement and deformation associated with a lateral thrust termination, southern Golden Gate Range, southern Nevada, U.S.A. Journal of Structural Geology 15, 721-735.
2. Benner, L. M. and McConnell, D. A. (1995) Comparison of outcrop-scale fault-propagation folds near Dunlap, Tennessee, to kinematic model predictions. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 27, 36.
3. Boyer, S. E. (1986) Styles of folding within thrust sheets: Examples from the Appalachians and the Rocky Mountains of the U.S.A. and Canada. Journal of Structural Geology 8, 325-339.
4. Buyer, S. E. and Elliot, D. (1982) Thrust systems. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 66, 1196-1230.
5. Chapman, T. J. and Williams, G. D. (1984) Displacement-distance methods in the analysis of fold-thrust structures and linked fault systems. Journal of the Geological Society, London 141, 121-128.
6. Chester, J. and Chester, F. (1990) Fault propagation folds above thrusts with constant dip. Journal of Structural Geology 12, 903-910.
7. Cowie, P. A. and Scholz, C. H. (1992) Displacement-length scaling relationship for faults: Data synthesis and discussion. Journal of Structural Geology 14, 1149-1156.
8. Dixon, J. M. and Tirrul, R. (1991) Centrifuge modeling of fold-thrust structures in a tripartitie stratigraphic succession. Journal of Structural Geology 13, 3-20.
9. Eisenstadt, G. and De Paor, D. G. (1987) Alternative model of thrust-fault propagation. Geology 16, 33-36.
10. Ellis, M. A. and Dunlap, W. J. (1988) Displacement variation along thrust faults: Implications for the development of large faults. Journal of Structural Geology 10, 183-192.
11. Evans, J. P. and Neves, D. S. (1992) Footwall deformation along Willard thrust, Sevier orogenic belt: Implications for mechanisms, timing and kinematics. Geological Society of America Bulletin 104, 516-527.
12. Fischer, M. P., Woodward, N. B. and Mitchell, M. M. (1992) The kinematics of break-thrust folds. Journal of Structural Geology 14, 451-460.
13. Fox, F. G. (1959) Structure and accumulation of hydrocarbon in southern Foothills, Alberta, Canada. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 43, 992-1025.
14. Gillespie, P. A., Walsh, J. J. and Watterson, J. (1992) Limitations of dimension and displacement data from single faults and the consequences for data analysis and interpretation. Journal of Structural Geology 14, 1157-1172.
15. Jamison, W. R. (1987) Geometric analysis of fold development in overthrust terranes. Journal of Structural Geology 9, 207-219.
16. Kattenhorn, S. A. and McConnell, D. A. (1993) Displacement-distance diagrams applied to the analysis of fault-propagation folds. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 25, 170.
17. Kattenhorn, S. A. and McConnell, D. A. (1994) Analysis of outcrop-scale fault-related folds, Eagle Rock, Virginia. Southeastern Geology 34, 79-88.
18. King, G. and Yielding, G. (1984) The evolution of a thrust fault system: processes of rupture initiation, propagation and termination in the 1980 El Asnam (Algeria) earthquake. Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society 77, 915-933.
19. Kulander, B. R. and Dean, S. L. (1986) Structure and tectonics of central and southern Appalachian Valley and Ridge and Plateau provinces, West Virginia and Virginia. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 70, 1674-1684.
20. Marshak, S. and Woodward, N. (1988) Introduction to cross-section balancing. In Basic Methods of Structural Geology, eds S. Marshak and G. Mitra, pp. 303-332. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
21. McConnell, D. A. (1994) Fixed-hinge, basement-involved fault-propagation folds, Wyoming. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 106, 1583-1593.
22. McConnell, D. A. and Kattenhorn, S. A. (1993) Comparison of natural, outcrop-scale, fault-bend and fault-propagation folds to predictions of kinematic models. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 25, 169.
23. McGuire, O. S. (1970) Geology of the Eagle Rock, Strom, Oriskany and Salisburg quadrangles, Virginia. Virginia Division of Mining. Research Report of Investigation 24.
24. McNaught, M. A. and Mitra, G. (1993) A kinematic model for the origin of footwall synclines. Journal of Structural Geology 15, 805-808.
25. Mitra, G., Hull, J. M., Yonkee, W. and Protzman, G. M. (1988) Comparison of mesoscopic and microscopic deformation styles in the Idaho-Wyoming thrust belt and Rocky Mountain foreland. In Interaction of the Rocky Mountain Foreland and the Cordilleran Thrust Belt, eds C. J. Schmidt and W. J. Perry, Jr, 171, 119-141. Memoirs of the Geological Society of America.
26. Mitra, S. (1990) Fault-propagation folds: Geometry, kinematic evolution, and hydrocarbon traps. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 74, 921-945.
27. Morley, C. K. (1994) Fold-generated imbricates: Examples from the Caledonides of southern Norway. Journal of Structural Geology 16, 619-631.
28. Mount, V. S., Suppe, J. and Hook, S. C. (1989) A forward modeling strategy for balancing cross-sections. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 74, 521-531.
29. Muraoka, H. and Kamata, H. (1983) Displacement distribution along minor fault traces. Journal of Structural Geology 5, 395-483.
30. Perry, W. J. (1978) Sequential deformation in the central Appalachians. American Journal of Science 278, 518-542.
31. Pfiffner, O. A. (1985) Displacements along thrust faults. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 78, 313-333.
32. Protzman, G. M. and Mitra, G. (1990) Strain fabric associated with the Meade thrust sheet: implications for cross-section balancing. Journal of Structural Geology 12, 403-417.
33. Ramsay, J. (1992) Some geometric problems of ramp-flat thrust models. In Thrust Tectonics, ed. K. McClay, pp. 191-200. Chapman and Hall, London.
34. Serra, S. (1977) Styles of deformation in the ramp regions of overthrust faults. Wyoming Geological Association 29th Annual Field Conference Guidebook, 487-498.
35. Spang, J. H. (1995) Self-similar models of synclines in the footwall of thrust faults. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 27, 89.
36. Suppe, J. (1983) Geometry and kinematics of fault-bend folding. American Journal of Science 283, 684-721.
37. Suppe, J. (1985) Principles of Structural Geology. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
38. Suppe, J. and Medwedeff, D. A. (1984) Fault-propagation folding. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 16, 670.
39. Suppe, J. and Medwedeff, D. A. (1990) Geometry and kinematics of fault-propagation folding. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 83, 409-454.
40. Vita-Finzi, C. and King, G. (1985) The seismicity, geomorphology, and structural evolution of the Corinth area of Greece. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London A314, 379-407.
41. Walsh, J. J. and Watterson, J. (1988) Analysis of the relationship between displacements and dimensions of faults. Journal of Structural Geology 10, 239-247.
42. Watkinson, A. J. (1993) A footwall system of faults associated with a foreland thrust in Montana. Journal of Structural Geology 15, 335-342.
43. Wickham, J. (1995) Fault displacement-gradient folds and the structure at Lost Hills, California (U.S.A.). Journal of Structural Geology 17, 1293-1302.
44. Williams, G. D. and Chapman, T. J. (1983) Strains developed in the hanging walls of thrusts due to their slip/propagation rate: A dislocation model. Journal of Structural Geology 6, 563-571.
45. Wojtal, S. (1986) Deformation within foreland thrust sheets by populations of minor faults. Journal of Structural Geology 8, 341-360.