Monocline development by oblique-slip fault-propagation folding: The East Kaibab monocline, Colorado Plateau, Utah

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1303-1320

  Tindall, Sarah E ^a   Davis, G H ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORADO PLATEAU; MONOCLINE DEVELOPMENT; OBLIQUE SLIP FAULT PROPAGATION FOLDING; REVERSE RIGHT LATERAL SLIP; SHEAR ZONE;

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FAULT PROPAGATION; FOLDING; MONOCLINE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033208453     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00089-9     Document Type: Article

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