Terra infirma: Understanding salt tectonics

MR Hudec, MPA Jackson - Earth-Science Reviews, 2007 - Elsevier
Following common usage, we broaden the term “salt” to include all rock bodies composed
primarily of halite (NaCl). Salt is mechanically weak and flows like a fluid, even at …

Experimental modelling of orogenic wedges: A review

F Graveleau, J Malavieille, S Dominguez - Tectonophysics, 2012 - Elsevier
Experimental modelling applied to the study of orogenic wedge dynamics has been a
subject of fruitful research for more than 30years, although the technique dates back as far …

[图书][B] Evaporites: sediments, resources and hydrocarbons

JK Warren - 2006 - books.google.com
Page 1 John K. Warren EVAPORITES SEDIMENTS, RESOURCES AND HYDROCARBONS
Springer Page 2 John K. Warren Evaporites: Sediments, Resources and Hydrocarbons Page 3 …

[图书][B] Salt tectonics: Principles and practice

MPA Jackson, MR Hudec - 2017 - books.google.com
Salt tectonics is the study of how and why salt structures evolve and the three-dimensional
forms that result. A fascinating branch of geology in itself, salt tectonics is also vitally …

Variation of structural style and basin evolution in the central Zagros (Izeh zone and Dezful Embayment), Iran

S Sherkati, J Letouzey - Marine and petroleum geology, 2004 - Elsevier
Structural style, and its relationship to sedimentary facies and the evolution of sedimentary
depocenters since Late Cretaceous times have been studied, on the basis of one regional …

The two main steps of the Atlas building and geodynamics of the western Mediterranean

D Frizon de Lamotte, B Saint Bezar, R Bracène… - …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
The Atlas system (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia) constitutes an important morphologic
barrier fringing the Sahara platform. Its structural style changes along strike from a thick …

[PDF][PDF] Geoheritage and geoconservation-history, definition, scope and scale

M Brocx, V Semeniuk - Journal of the Royal Society of Western …, 2007 - researchgate.net
Geoheritage and geoconservation are concerned with the preservation of Earth Science
features, and are important endeavours globally, as reflected in various international and …

Crustal scale geometry of the Zagros fold–thrust belt, Iran

N McQuarrie - Journal of structural Geology, 2004 - Elsevier
Balanced cross-sections across the Zagros fold–thrust belt in Iran are used to analyze the
geometry of deformation within the sedimentary cover rocks, and to test the hypothesis of …

The past of a future syntaxis across the Zagros

CJ Talbot, M Alavi - Geological Society, London, Special …, 1996 - lyellcollection.org
Longitudinal components of the Zagros mountain chain change in character and width
across NS trending zones of strike-slip transfer faults lying between 51° and 54° E. To the …

Gravity-driven fold belts on passive margins

MG Rowan, FJ Peel, BC Vendeville - 2004 - archives.datapages.com
Many passive margins have deep-water, contractional fold belts that formed above salt or
shale. Margin failure, accommodated by proximal extension and distal shortening, is caused …