Application of trishear fault-propagation folding to active reverse faults: Examples from the Dalong Fault, Gansu Province, NW China

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 200-219

  Gold, Ryan D ^a   Cowgill, Eric ^a   Wang, Xiao Feng ^b   Chen, Xuan Hua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Fault propagation folds; Neotectonics; Restraining bends; Reverse faults; Transect data; Trishear

Indexed keywords

KINEMATIC MODELS; NEOTECTONICS; PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA; RESTRAINING BENDS; TRISHEAR FAULT PROPAGATION FOLDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT SLIP; FOLDING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU;

EID: 31544478795     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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