Stratigraphic control on extensional fault propagation folding: Big Brushy Canyon monocline, Sierra Del Carmen, Texas

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 292, Issue , 2007, Pages 203-217

  Ferrill, D A ^a   Morris, A P ^a   Smart, K J ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT PROPAGATION; FOLDING; MONOCLINE; SHEAR STRAIN; STRATIGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA DEL CARMEN;

EID: 47149118507     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP292.12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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