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Title: Thrust faults continued


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Thrust faults (continued)
Cross sections Importance to oil exploration
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Cross-sections
  • Thrust faults cut up-section only! (or
    section-parallel)
  • Every flat or ramp in the FW should correspond to
    an equivalent flat or ramp in the WH
  • Bed thickness is preserved (conservation of
    volume and mass)
  • Other than that - its all interpretation!

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A trip along the Athabasca River
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More Canadian Cordillera
Roche Ronde
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Boulle Range
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Roche Ronde
Boulle Range
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Other types of shortening-high angle typical
reactivate older structures (inversion
tectonics)
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Thrust belts contain a significant fraction of
the Earths oil deposits- typically form in
anticlinal traps
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