Mechanical stratigraphy and the transition from trishear to kink-band fault-propagation fold forms above blind basement thrust faults: A discrete-element study

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 75-90

  Hardy, Stuart ^a   Finch, Emma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faulting; Folding; Modelling

Indexed keywords

FAULT-PROPAGATION; FOLDING; KINEMATIC MODELS; MECHANICAL STRATIGRAPHY;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRATIGRAPHY;

TECTONICS;

DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULTING; FOLDING; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATIGRAPHY; THRUST FAULT;

EID: 33847266790     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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