Interpreting fold and fault geometries from within the lateral to oblique parts of slumps: A case study from the Anglo-Brabant Deformation Belt (Belgium)

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1525-1539

  Debacker, Timothy N ^a   Dumon, Mathijs ^a   Matthys, Anouk ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brabant Massif; Cleavage fold relationships; Fault; Ordovician; Palaeoslope; Slump

Indexed keywords

ANGLE METHOD; ARC METHOD; BELGIUM; CLASSICAL METHODS; COMPLEX DATA; DEFORMATION FEATURE; FAULT DATA; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ORIENTATIONS; FAULT-BASED; INTERSECTION METHOD; ORDOVICIAN; PLANAR INTERSECTION; TRANSPORT DIRECTION;

DEFORMATION;

AZIMUTH; CLEAVAGE; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA SET; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULTING; FOLDING; NORMAL FAULT; NUMERICAL METHOD; ORDOVICIAN;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; BRABANT MASSIF; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449722817     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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