Distribution of compaction bands in 3D in an aeolian sandstone: The role of cross-bed orientation

Tectonophysics

Volumn 574-575, Issue , 2012, Pages 204-218

  Deng, Shang ^a   Aydin, Atilla ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aztec Sandstone; Bed parallel compaction bands; Compaction bands; Dune architecture; High angle compaction bands; Structural domains

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION BANDS; DATA SETS; FIELD DATA; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; MECHANICAL ANISOTROPY; PRINCIPAL PLANES; STRESS ORIENTATIONS; STRONG CORRELATION; STRUCTURAL DOMAINS; STUDY AREAS; TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS; TRANSITION ZONES;

ANISOTROPY; SANDSTONE;

COMPACTION;

COMPACTION; CROSS-BEDDING; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; HETEROGENEITY; SANDSTONE; TRANSITION ZONE;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; VALLEY OF FIRE STATE PARK;

EID: 84867231495     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.08.037     Document Type: Article

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