Basins formed by strike-slip tectonics
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June 6, 2021
By the early 1970s, the new tectonics (the plate kind) had established a firm grip
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Strike-slip faults – some terminology
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May 21, 2021
In 1940 Harold Wellman and Dick Willett proposed that two groups of rocks at
Glossary: Sedimentary basins and tectonics
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May 13, 2021
Accretionary prism: Accretionary prisms are wedge-shaped stacks of oceanic sediment and some volcanic rock scraped
Accretionary prisms and forearc basins
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April 30, 2021
Forearc basins are kinematically linked to accretionary prisms. Forearc basins and accretionary prisms are
Thrust faults: Some common terminology
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April 16, 2021
Some terminology for Thrust faults, duplexes, imbricate fans, and fold-thrust belts. Thrusts are reverse faults
Basins formed by lithospheric flexure
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April 9, 2021
Basins formed by flexure of oceanic and continental lithosphere; foreland basin exemplars. What is flexure?
Faults – some common terminology
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March 26, 2021
A fault is a plane or linear zone of displacement, where rocks on one side
Stereographic projection of linear measurements
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March 19, 2021
Stereographic plotting of linear structures and measurements. Geologists are interested in the orientations of rock
Nascent conjugate, passive margins
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March 18, 2021
Progression of continental rifting to sea floor spreading creates paired (conjugate) passive margins over which
Classification of sedimentary basins
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January 30, 2021
The rationale for classification of sedimentary basins The formulation of plate tectonic theory in the
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