Inflation and deflation of deeply buried salt stocks during lateral shortening

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 582-600

  Dooley, Tim P ^a   Jackson, Martin P A ^a   Hudec, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Active diapirism; Compressional deflation; Compressional inflation; Shortening; Squeezed salt stocks; Tectonic modeling

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE DIAPIRISM; COMPRESSIONAL DEFLATION; COMPRESSIONAL INFLATION; SHORTENING; SQUEEZED SALT STOCKS;

ARCHES; EXTRUSION; ROOFS; TECTONICS;

MODELS;

COMPRESSION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFLATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DIAPIRISM; MODELING; SALT DOME; SALT TECTONICS; THRUST; UPLIFT;

EID: 67349264493     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2009.03.013     Document Type: Article

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