Fracture initiation, development, and reactivation in folded sedimentary rocks at Raplee Ridge, UT

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1100-1113

  Mynatt, Ian ^a   Seyum, Solomon ^a   Pollard, David D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture chronology; Fracture sets; Fracturing; Monocline; Raplee Ridge

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE INITIATION; FRACTURE ORIENTATIONS; FRACTURE PATTERN; FRACTURING; LARAMIDE; LOCAL STRESS; MONOCLINE; RAPLEE RIDGE; THRUST FAULTING; THRUST FAULTS; UNIMODAL DISTRIBUTION;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

FRACTURE;

FAULTING; FOLDING; FRACTURE INITIATION; FRACTURE ORIENTATION; LARAMIDE OROGENY; LIMESTONE; MONOCLINE; PENNSYLVANIAN; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; THRUST FAULT;

NORTH AMERICA; RAPLEE RIDGE; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 70350261527     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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