Discrete element modelling of the influence of cover strength on basement-involved fault-propagation folding |
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| Authors: | Stuart Hardy Emma Finch |
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| Institution: | aICREA (Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats), Spain;bGGAC, Facultat de Geologia, Universitat de Barcelona, C/ Martí i Franquès s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain;cBasin and Stratigraphic Studies Group, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K. |
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| Abstract: | A discrete element model is used to investigate the influence of sedimentary cover strength on the development of basement-involved fault-propagation folds. We find that uniformly weak cover best promotes the development of classical, trishear-like fault-related folds showing marked anticlinal thinning and synclinal thickening, with cover dips increasing downwards towards the fault tip. Uniformly strong cover results in more rounded fold forms with only minor hinge thickening/thinning and significant basement fault-propagation into the sedimentary cover. Heterogeneous, layered, cover sequences with marked differences in strength promote the development of more complex and variable fold forms, with a close juxtaposition of brittle and macroscopically ductile features, which diverge from the predictions of simple kinematic models. In these structures the upper layers are often poor indicators of deeper structure. In addition, we find that in layered cover sequences fault-propagation into the cover is a complex process and is strongly buffered by the weaker cover units. |
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| Keywords: | Folding Faulting Trishear Modelling Basement |
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