Geometry and controls on the development of igneous sill-related forced folds: A 2-D seismic reflection case study from offshore southern Australia

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 11-12, 2013, Pages 1874-1890

  Jackson, Christopher A L ^a   Schofield, Nick ^b   Golenkov, Bogdan ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GEOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS; IGNEOUS ACTIVITY; MAGMA EMPLACEMENT; SAUCER-SHAPED SILLS; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; SHALLOW SUBSURFACE; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

DEFORMATION; DOMES; ELASTICITY; FLUIDIZATION; GEOMETRY; ROCKS; SEISMIC WAVES;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EMPLACEMENT; FOLD; GEOMETRY; MAGMA; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SILL; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AUSTRALIA; BIGHT BASIN; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84887226628     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30833.1     Document Type: Article

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