ASM 2

Thrust tectonics

Thrust tectonics


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Flashcards 16
Language English
Category Nature Studies
Level University
Created / Updated 07.01.2013 / 07.01.2013
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thrust tectonics example

Spanish pyrenees

general shape of an orogenic system

wedge shaped

short definition of thin skinned

basement detached

short definition of thick skinned

basement involved

two types of multiple thrust fault systems

imbricate fans and duplexes

two types of imbricate fan

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hinterland dipping duplex

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antiformal stack

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foreland dipping duplex

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three types of duplex

hinterland dipping duplex

antiformal stack

foreland dipping duplex

example of complex thrusts

moine

triangle zone

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passive roof duplex

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horse

a completely fault bounded lens of rock

branchline?

a line of intersection between two intersecting faults

opposite of a window?

Klippe