Relationship of compaction bands in Utah to Laramide fault-related folding

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 304, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 29-35

  Schultz, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compaction band; Deformation band; East Kaibab monocline; Thrust tectonics

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION BANDS; COULOMB STRESS; DEFORMATION BAND; EAST KAIBAB MONOCLINE; GEOMETRIC COMPLEXITY; LARAMIDE; MECHANICAL MODEL; MULTIPLE SET; NORMAL STRAIN; POTENTIAL SITES; REVERSE FAULTS; ROCK TYPES; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; STEP-OVERS; THRUST FAULTS; THRUST TECTONICS;

DEFORMATION; SANDSTONE; STRAIN; TECTONICS;

COMPACTION;

DEFORMATION; FOLDING; LARAMIDE OROGENY; MONOCLINE; REVERSE FAULT; STRAIN;

NAVAJO MOUNTAIN; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 79952617073     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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