Fold geometry and folding–a review

ST Nabavi, H Fossen - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Our understanding of folds and folding builds on detailed geometrical analysis. Proper
description of folds and their relation to other structures such as fractures, cleavage and …

Rifted margins: Ductile deformation, boudinage, continentward-dipping normal faults and the role of the weak lower crust

C Clerc, JC Ringenbach, L Jolivet, JF Ballard - Gondwana Research, 2018 - Elsevier
The stunningly increased resolution of the deep crustal levels in recent industrial seismic
profiles acquired along most of the world's rifted margins leads to the unraveling of an …

Characterization of fault roughness at various scales: Implications of three-dimensional high resolution topography measurements

T Candela, F Renard, M Bouchon, A Brouste… - … , structure and evolution …, 2010 - Springer
Accurate description of the topography of active fault surfaces represents an important
geophysical issue because this topography is strongly related to the stress distribution along …

Crustal architecture of the Himalayan metamorphic front in eastern Nepal

B Goscombe, D Gray, M Hand - Gondwana Research, 2006 - Elsevier
The Himalayan Metamorphic Front consists of two basinal sequences deposited on the
Indian passive margin, the Mesoproterozoic Lesser Himalayan Sequence and the …

Diapiric exhumation of Earth's youngest (UHP) eclogites in the gneiss domes of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea

TA Little, BR Hacker, SM Gordon, SL Baldwin… - Tectonophysics, 2011 - Elsevier
The Woodlark Rift in Papua New Guinea hosts the world's youngest (2–8Ma) eclogite-facies
rocks and extensional deformation has played a key role in exhuming these (U) HP rocks at …

Slip partitioning and inclined dextral transpression along the Zagros Thrust System, Iran

K Sarkarinejad, A Azizi - Journal of Structural Geology, 2008 - Elsevier
Flexural duplex structures and shear zones are well developed in the Heneshk area, in
southwestern Iran. The Zagros Thrust System in this area consists of eight sheets of NW …

Geometric and rheological asperities in an exposed fault zone

A Sagy, EE Brodsky - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Earthquake dynamics are strongly affected by fault zone structure and fault surface
geometry. Here we investigate the interplay of bulk deformation and surface topography …

The internal geometry of salt structures–a first look using 3D seismic data from the Zechstein of the Netherlands

H Van Gent, JL Urai, M De Keijzer - Journal of Structural Geology, 2011 - Elsevier
We present a first look at the large-scale, complexly folded and faulted internal structure of
Zechstein salt bodies in NW Europe using 3D reflection seismic reflection data from two …

Deformation of intrasalt competent layers in different modes of salt tectonics

MG Rowan, JL Urai, JC Fiduk, PA Kukla - Solid Earth, 2019 - se.copernicus.org
Layered evaporite sequences (LESs) comprise interbedded weak layers (halite and,
commonly, bittern salts) and strong layers (anhydrite and usually non-evaporite rocks such …

Characterization of the Rapanui mass‐transport deposit and the basal shear zone: Mount Messenger Formation, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand

S Cardona, LJ Wood, B Dugan, Z Jobe… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Submarine mass‐transport deposits are important in many ancient and modern basins.
Mass‐transport deposits can play a significant role in exploration as reservoir, seal or source …