A review of deformation pattern templates in foreland basin systems and fold-and-thrust belts: Implications for the state of stress in the frontal regions of thrust wedges

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 141, Issue , 2015, Pages 82-104

  Tavani, S ^a   Storti, F ^b   Lacombe, O ^c,d   Corradetti, A ^a   Munoz J A ^e   Mazzoli, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anticlines; Foreland; Fractures; Inversion tectonics; Stress; Thrust and fold belt

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT ZONE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; INVERSION TECTONICS; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 84916887020     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2014.11.013     Document Type: Review

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