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Thrust tectonics

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is offset along strike such that the resulting bend in the fault hinders easy movement, e.g. a right stepping bend on a sinistral (left-lateral) fault, this will cause local shortening or
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of a collisional zone. This style may also occur in the foreland where no effective decollement surface is present or where pre-existing extensional rift structures may be
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are characterised by large prisms of sedimentary material deposited since the original break-up of a continent associated with formation of a new
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developed in the foreland of a collisional zone. This is particularly the case where a good basal
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refers to shortening that only involves the sedimentary cover. This style is typical of many
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rather than just the overlying cover. This type of geometry is typically found in the
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The most significant areas of thrust tectonics are associated with
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processes associated with, the shortening and thickening of the
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Geological environments associated with thrust tectonics
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is concerned with the structures formed by, and the
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(2007). 261:(with an overpressured 46:contractional tectonics 38: 1122:Paleostress inversion 815:Strike-slip tectonics 685:Extensional tectonics 665:Continental collision 535:Deformation mechanism 125:fold and thrust belts 86:continental collision 66:strike-slip tectonics 62:extensional tectonics 33: 700:Fold and thrust belt 265:detachment) and the 1132:Section restoration 1008:Rock microstructure 670:Convergent boundary 570:Strain partitioning 555:Overburden pressure 545:Mohr–Coulomb theory 339:2004MarPG..21..805S 226:, and parts of the 194:, which formed the 1199:Structural geology 1109:Kinematic analysis 765:Mountain formation 680:Divergent boundary 645:Accretionary wedge 521:Structural geology 397:. pp. 647–67. 228:Dead Sea Transform 96:Deformation styles 80:(extensional) and 39: 18:Crustal shortening 1186: 1185: 1117:3D fold evolution 1003:Pressure solution 998:Oblique foliation 878:Exfoliation joint 868:Columnar jointing 528:Underlying theory 421:978-0-8137-2358-7 224:San Andreas 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Index

Crustal shortening

thin-skinned thrust zone
tectonic
crust
lithosphere
extensional tectonics
strike-slip tectonics
plate boundary
convergent
divergent
transform
continental collision
passive margins
thrust
thin-skinned deformation
thick-skinned deformation
Thin-skinned deformation
fold and thrust belts
decollement
salt
Thick-skinned deformation
basement rocks
hinterland
inverted
destructive plate boundaries
orogenic belts
continental
tectonic plates
Arabian Plate

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