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Simultaneous Development of Folds and Faults

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Understanding an Orogenic Belt

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A large amount of information is now available on the development of folds and faults but these structures have been studied in isolation and their simultaneous development has not been studied in detail. The simultaneous development of folds and faults has been described under the following headings.

  1. (i)

    Simultaneous development of folds and thrusts

    • Formation of folds at an early stage of compressional phase

    • Formation of folds at the null point

    • Formation of folds after crossing the null point

    • Thrust initiation later than folding

    • Development of folds in vicinity of an arcuate thrust.

  2. (ii)

    Simultaneous development of folds and strike-slip faults

    • Simultaneous development of thrust and strike slip faults at different structural levels and superimposed folding as a result of boundary conditions.

  3. (iii)

    Simultaneous development of folds and normal faults

    • Syn-rift deformation

    • Post-rift deformation.

  4. (iv)

    Simultaneous development of folds and oblique fault ramps

    • Interference patterns between simultaneously developing folds, frontal and oblique ramps

    • Fault reactivation during superposed deformation.

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Dubey, A.K. (2014). Simultaneous Development of Folds and Faults. In: Understanding an Orogenic Belt. Springer Geology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05588-6_7

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