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
Category: Interpreting ancient environments
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
Nascent conjugate, passive margins
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Progression of continental rifting to sea floor spreading creates paired (conjugate) passive margins over which
Stretching the lithosphere; Rift basins
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March 16, 2021
Rift basins, ocean basins, and passive margins form a dynamic continuum within the framework of
Glossary of geological terms: U-V-W-X-Y-Z
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March 8, 2021
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Glossary of geological terms: T
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Glossary of geological terms: S
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Glossary of geological terms: Q-R
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March 8, 2021
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