Detachment folds versus fault-propagation folds, and their truncation by thrust faults

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 82, 2005, Pages 324-355

  Wallace, Wesley K ^a   Homza, Thomas X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b ENCANA CORPORATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINE; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; FOLD; GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; STRATIGRAPHY; THRUST;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548550263     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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