Listric extensional fault systems‐results of analogue model experiments

PG Ellis, KR McClay - Basin Research, 1988 - earthdoc.org
Analogue models are a powerful tool for investigating progressive deformation in
extensional fault systems. This paper presents exciting new insights into the progressive …

Cross section restoration and balancing as aid to seismic interpretation in extensional terranes

MG Rowan, R Kligfield - AAPG bulletin, 1989 - archives.datapages.com
Structural cross sections in extensional terranes can be improved significantly by restoration
and balancing principles originally developed for fold-and-thrust belts. In rift basins and …

Modelling of bed contours and cross-sections adjacent to planar normal faults

JR Gibson, JJ Walsh, J Watterson - Journal of Structural Geology, 1989 - Elsevier
The geometry of beds in the volume surrounding a single blind planar fault depends on:(i)
the axial ratio of the fault surface ellipse,(ii) the ratio between the maximum displacement …

Rupture dynamics of cascading earthquakes in a multiscale fracture network

KH Palgunadi, AA Gabriel, DI Garagash… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fault‐damage zones comprise multiscale fracture networks that may slip dynamically and
interact with the main fault during earthquake rupture. Using 3D dynamic rupture simulations …

Tectonic and structural framework of the northeast Newfoundland continental margin

ME Enachescu - 1987 - archives.datapages.com
AAPG Datapages/Archives: Tectonic and Structural Framework of the Northeast Newfoundland
Continental Margin Datapages Datapages Home Associated Websites Archives Search and …

North Viking graben: an east African perspective

DL Scott, BR Rosendahl - AAPG bulletin, 1989 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Rifting models derived from Project PROBE's (Proto-Rifts and Ocean Basin Evolution) East
African rift system investigations are applied to various facets of the geology of the North …

Development of extension and mixed-mode sedimentary basins

A Gibbs - Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 1987 - lyellcollection.org
Analysis of onshore and offshore basins using a variety of techniques including deep
seismic reflection profiles has shown that basins develop above linked fault systems. These …

Listric normal fault profiles: calculation using bed-length balance and fault displacement

I Davison - Journal of Structural Geology, 1986 - Elsevier
A bed-length balance technique is presented to calculate listric normal fault trajectories
using roll-over geometry and fault displacements. The technique can also be applied to …

Origin of two different deformation styles via active folding mechanisms of inverted Abu El Gharadiq Basin, Western Desert, Egypt

A Shalaby, MA Sarhan - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Abu El Gharadiq Basin (AGB) is one of the largest Cretaceous rift basins in the
northern district of the Western Desert of Egypt. The AGB underwent tectonic inversion in the …

Contribution of gravity gliding in salt-bearing rift basins–A new experimental setup for simulating salt tectonics under the influence of sub-salt extension and tilting

M Warsitzka, P Závada, F Jähne-Klingberg… - Solid Earth …, 2021 - se.copernicus.org
Basin-scale salt flow and the evolution of salt structures in rift basin is mainly driven by sub-
and supra-salt faulting and sedimentary loading. Crustal extension is often accompanied …