Foreland-directed gravitational collapse along curved thrust fronts: Insights from a minor thrust-related shear zone in the Umbria-Marche belt, central-northern Italy

Geological Magazine

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 381-392

  Pace, Paolo ^a   Pasqui, Valeria ^b   Tavarnelli, Enrico ^b   Calamita, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central northern Apennines; Composite thrust shear zones; Folded S fabric; Foreland directed gravitational collapse; Syn late thrusting normal faulting

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIPS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

COMPOSITE FABRICS; CRITICAL CONSTRAINTS; GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE; KINEMATIC EVOLUTION; MACROSCOPIC STRUCTURE; NORMAL FAULTING; NORTHERN APENNINES; THRUST SHEAR ZONES;

STARS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; NORMAL FAULT; OROGENIC BELT; PETROFABRIC; RECONSTRUCTION; SHEAR ZONE; THRUST FAULT;

ITALY; UMBRIA-MARCHE BASIN;

EID: 84963679979     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756816000200     Document Type: Article

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