Modelling the Deformation Front of a Fold-Thrust Belt: The Effect of an Upper Detachment Horizon (ABSTRACT)

Authors

Caroline M. Burberry, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
H. Koyi, Imperial College, London
F. Nilfouroushan, Imperial College, London
John W. Cosgrove, Imperial College, LondonFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2008

Comments

Published in Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union (2008) 89(53). Fall Meeting supplement, abstract #T24A-04. Copyright 2008, the American Geophysical Union. Used by permission. http://go.unl.edu/huv

Abstract

First sentence of abstract: Structures found at the deformation fronts of fold-thrust belts are variable in type, geometry and spatial organisation, as can be demonstrated from comparisons between structures in the Zagros Fold-Thrust Belt, Iran and the Sawtooth Range, Montana.