How the presence of a salt décollement in the sedimentary cover influences the behavior of subsalt thrusts in fold-and-thrust belts

We conducted a series of analogue experiments on shortening of a brittle cover (dry sand) above a deep, thin, frictional detachment (glass microbeads). In some experiments, the cover was homogeneous, entirely brittle. In others, there was a thin viscous silicone layer (representing salt) embedded at...

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Main Authors: Vendeville Bruno C., Pengcheng Tang, Graveleau Fabien, Shaoying Huang, Wang Xin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2017-01-01
Series:BSGF - Earth Sciences Bulletin
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Online Access:https://www.bsgf.fr/articles/bsgf/full_html/2017/05/bsgf170007/bsgf170007.html