Triangle zone geometry, terminology and kinematics

PB Jones - Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, 1996 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
RÉSUMÉ L'expression “zone triangulaire” a été utilisée pour la première fois de façon
informelle en 1957 pour décrire la structure de la marge est de la zone de chevauchement …

Geometries of frontal fold and thrust belts: Insights from discrete element simulations

SL Dean, JK Morgan, T Fournier - Journal of Structural Geology, 2013 - Elsevier
This study investigated the evolution of frontal structures of fold and thrust belts with 2D
numerical simulations using the discrete element method (DEM). Of specific interest is the …

Formation of an active thrust triangle zone associated with structural inversion in a subduction setting, eastern New Zealand

PM Barnes, A Nicol - Tectonics, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
We analyze a thrust triangle zone, which underlies the continental shelf of Hawke Bay,
eastern New Zealand, within the Hikurangi subduction margin. This triangle zone differs …

Structural style and evolution of the triangle zone and external Foothills, southwestern Alberta: Implications for thin-skinned thrust-and-fold belt mechanics

GS Stockmal, D Lebel… - Bulletin of …, 2001 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
A thin-skinned, NNW-striking, structural triangle zone (tectonic wedge) and steep, imbricate,
dominantly foreland-vergent thrusts characterize the eastern margin of the Rocky Mountain …

Structure of the central Canadian Cordilleran thrust-and-fold belt, Athabasca-Brazeau area, Alberta: a large, complex intercutaneous wedge

D Lebel, W Langenberg… - Bulletin of Canadian …, 1996 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
ABSTRACT In the central Canadian Cordilleran foreland thrust-and-fold belt, three types of
first order décollements are identified within or along the border of the present orogenic …

构造三角带的概念及其油气勘探意义

王瑞瑞, 张岳桥, 董树文, 徐先兵, 许怀智 - 地质通报, 2010 - dzhtb.cgs.cn
构造三角带通常发育于褶皱冲断带中, 是油气勘探的重要目标. 构造三角带具有多种几何形态和
命名, 其中, 阿尔伯达型构造三角带具有普遍意义. 近年来, 国内外对构造三角带的研究工作取得 …

Deformation behavior during blind thrust translation as a function of fault strength

KJ Smart, RD Krieg, WM Dunne - Journal of Structural Geology, 1999 - Elsevier
Deformation partitioning between translation and distortion for a thrust sheet and for the roof
sequence above a moving thrust horse were analyzed in terms of the role of fault strength …

The role of fluid pressure in contractional systems: examples from the Southern Canadian Rocky Mountains

PA Mackay - Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2015 - lyellcollection.org
Fold and thrust belts are contractional systems created by tectonic plate collisions, creating
stress conditions where the maximum principal stress is horizontal and the minimum …

A relict triangle zone at Benjamin Creek gas field, southern Alberta Foothills: geometry, kinematics and preservation

RG Dechesne, JW Muraro - Bulletin of canadian …, 1996 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Une zone triangulaire avec un duplex interne qui s' est développé dans la strate du Groupe
Colorado du Crétacé se produit dans le vaste synclinal Williams Creek de la lèvre inférieure …

The definition of triangle zone and its petroleum prospecting significance.

R WANG, Y ZHANG, S DONG, X XU… - Geological Bulletin of …, 2010 - dzhtb.cgs.cn
Triangle zones normally develop in foreland fold-and-thrust belts and become favorable
object of petroleum exploration. The geometry and nomenclature of triangle zones vary from …