The role of fractures in the structural interpretation of Sheep Mountain Anticline, Wyoming

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 850-867

  Bellahsen, Nicolas ^a   Fiore, Patricia ^a   Pollard, David D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bighorn Basin; Fold; Fracture; Joints; Sheep Mountain; Thrust fault

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE PATTERN; KINEMATIC EVOLUTION; MOUNTAIN; SEDIMENTARY LAYERS; THRUST FAULT;

FRACTURE; KINEMATICS; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FOLD; FRACTURE; JOINT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THRUST FAULT;

BIGHORN BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; SHEEP MOUNTAIN [WYOMING]; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33644774280     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2006.01.013     Document Type: Article

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