Contractional deformation of porous sandstone: Insights from the Aztec Sandstone, SE Nevada, USA

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 172-184

  Fossen, Haakon ^a   Zuluaga, Luisa F ^a,b   Ballas, Gregory ^c   Soliva, Roger ^c   Rotevatn, Atle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Centre for Integrated Petroleum Research   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Contractional deformation; Deformation bands; Porous sandstone deformation; Sevier thrusting

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POROUS MATERIALS; SANDSTONE; SHEAR BANDS;

AZTEC SANDSTONES; COMPACTION BANDS; DEFORMATION BAND; EXTENSIONAL DEFORMATION; KINEMATIC ANALYSIS; POROUS SANDSTONE; SEVIER THRUSTING; SHALLOW BURIAL DEPTHS;

DEFORMATION;

DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; POROUS MEDIUM; SANDSTONE; THRUST;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84926061183     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2015.02.014     Document Type: Article

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