Outcrop examples of soft-sediment deformation associated with normal fault terminations in deepwater, Eocene turbidites: A previously undescribed conjugate fault termination style?

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 69, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 189-208

  Morley, C K ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Conjugate faults; Deepwater; Detachment; Growth faults; Mass transport complex; Turbidite

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATE FAULTS; DEEPWATER; DETACHMENT; GROWTH FAULT; TURBIDITE;

ANTICLINE; DEEP WATER; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; EOCENE; GROWTH FAULT; MASS TRANSPORT; NORMAL FAULT; OUTCROP; SANDSTONE; TURBIDITE;

MYANMAR;

EID: 84909602986     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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