Fault-induced deformation in a poorly consolidated, siliciclastic growth basin: A study from the Devonian in Norway

Tectonophysics

Volumn 586, Issue , 2013, Pages 112-129

  Braathen, A ^a   Osmundsen, P T ^a,c   Hauso, H ^b   Semshaug, S ^b   Fredman, N ^b   Buckley, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Damage zone; Extensional fault; Fault core; Fluid mobility; Growth basin; Kvamshesten basin

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DAMAGE ZONES; DEFORMED LAYERS; DEVONIANS; DIFFERENTIAL COMPACTION; DILATION STRUCTURES; DRAG FOLDS; EXTENSIONAL FAULTS; FAULT CORE; FAULT GOUGE; FAULTING EVENTS; KVAMSHESTEN BASIN; MIXED LAYER; SUBBASINS; WALL GROWTH;

CREEP; SANDSTONE; SHEAR BANDS; STRATIGRAPHY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BASIN EVOLUTION; BRECCIA; CONSOLIDATION; CREEP; DEFORMATION; DEVONIAN; DILATION; EXTENSION; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT SLIP; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; FOLD; FOOTWALL; HANGING WALL; SANDSTONE; SHEAR BAND; TECTONIC SETTING;

NORWAY;

EID: 84873571149     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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