Morpho-structural expression of active thrust fault systems in the humid tropical foothills of Colombia and Venezuela
Tectonic geomorphology
Andes ; Colombia ; Drainage network ; Fault ; Latin America ; Structural geomorphology ; Tectonicthrust ; Tectonics ; Tropical zone ; Venezuela
This paper intends to present observations of geomorphic and geologic evidence in the Eastern Andan foothills of Colombia and Venezuela, where a well-developed-fold-and-thrust belt is currently growing. In this type of tectonic setting, the analysis
of drainage has proved to be a powerful tool because drainage system are highly sensitive to slow vertical tectonic processes related to subtle folding and thrust faulting.
Tectonic evolution of the Northern Sicanian-Southern Palermo Mountains range in Western Sicily: insight on the exhumation of the thrust involved foreland domains
in western Sicily. The analyzed region is a segment of the Apenninic-Maghrebian Orogen characterized by the occurrence of two regional superimposed tectonic edifices; the Apenninic-Maghrebian Chain (AMC) and the Pelagian Sicilian Thrust Belt (PSTB) which
Geological mapping and structural analysis, coupled with extensive samplings on terrigenous Tertiary covers, enable us to reconstruct the structural setting as well as the tectonic evolution of the northern Sicanian-southern Palermo Mountains range
constitute the uppermost and lowermost structural level respectively. The different structural associations generally suggest a multiphase tectonic history in which we distinguished three main deformational events. - (NF)
of this article is to understand why and how a duplex developed with this lack of lateral persistence at the tip of a larger thrust fault. The AA. present the regional geology and duplex geometry, so as to construct a viable and admissible kinematic scenario.
The AA. used geological, structural and morphotectonic data to draw a N-S-striking section between Bologna and Ferrara, aimed at analyzing whether and how the deformation is partitioned among the frontal thrusts of the Northern Apennines
by modeling in a sandbox the geometry, kinematics and growth patterns of the thrust fronts. - (NF)
Glacial tectonics at the Kwintelooijen Sandpit, Rhenen, the Netherlands
Detailed structural field-work in a large exposure in a Saalian ice pushed ridge near Rhenen enabled the differentiation of several tectonic phases. Frontal thrusting was followed by subglacial seaing. Littology appears to be an important factor
in the movement of the thrust sheets. The basal layers of most thrust sheets are clays, loams and fine sands. Numerous normal faults are interpreted as relaxation structures developed after the main deformation phase.
Development of basement-involved fold and thrust structures exemplified by the Tatric-Fatric-Veporic nappe system of the Western Carpathians (Slovakia)
This paper describes the map-scale geometry of basement-involved fold and thrust structures occurring within an intracontinental convergence zone in the Central Western Carpathians (CWC) of Slovakia. A system of ductile basement/cover large-scale
folds formed here by rotation of pre-existing, closely spaced, domino-type normal faults. However, the advancement of the wedge was likely accomplished by formation of a new thrust fault rooted in the ductile lower and/or middle crust.
the evolution and is locally controlled by the presence of pre-existing paleogeographic elements and by the transversal and longitudinal propagation of thrusts. - (NF)
The Monte Penna thrust (southern Tuscany, Italy) : geometry and kinematic of a collisional structure affecting the Tuscan Nappe during the Northern Apennines orogenic building
In this paper the AA. describe the geometry and kinematics of a contractional structure, consisting of a thrust and related minor structures, which doubled the Tuscan Nappe cropping out in the southern side of the Monte Amiata geothermal region
(Selvena-Castell’Azzara area), during the building of the Northern Apennines. Presently, the thrusts consist of relic structures preserved within extensional horses. The whole evidence possibly make the Tuscan Nappe duplex system comparable
Syn-orogenic extension has been recognised in Northern Sicily. Mesoscopic analysis has been carried out in three key areas, where folded-and-thrust Mesozoic-to-Tertiary rocks crop-out. The three examples are inherent to portions of tectonic units
The possible interactions between tectonics and landform formation in an active chain are examined by considering the case example of the Southern Apennines fold-and-thrust belt, in which frontal accretion and back-arc extension coexisted. The study
of the morphotectonic evolution of the belt in order to obtain a chronologically constrained reconstruction of the tectonic and erosional events occurred.
Entrainment of glaciomarine sediments and formation of thrust-block moraines at the margin of Sørsdale Glacier, East Antarctica
Antarctica ; C 14 dating ; Coastal environment ; Freezing ; Glacial features ; Glacial tectonics ; Glacier fluctuation ; Holocene ; Model ; Moraine ; Palaeogeography ; Sea level ; Sedimentary structure ; Sedimentology
that the principal moraines are thrust-block moraines produced by basal freezing and deformation of glaciomarine sediment as the outlet glacier expands into a marine inlet. A model of thrust-block moraine development produced by this study provides a framework
Andes ; Chile ; Fault ; Glacial features ; Glaciolacustrine ; Piedmont ; Sedimentology ; Slope gradient ; Tectonicthrust
glaciolacustrine sediments and large-scale thrusting. Middle slope features include low-angle subglacial thrusting of thin slices of lacustrine sediment. Upper slope features include high-angle thrusting, and lodgment and flow till. A common theme that unifies
River response to an active fold-and-thrust belt in a convergent margin setting, North Island, New Zealand
Digital elevation model ; Fluvial processes ; Fluvial terrace ; Folding ; Geomorphology ; New Zealand ; North Island ; Quaternary ; Tectonicthrust
High-resolution digital elevation data (TOPSAR 10-m grid) are used to reconstruct Late Quaternary growth histories of subtle folding in the Wairapa fold-and-thrust belt, North Island, New Zealand. Outcrop data of deformed latest Miocene and younger
a very high sinuosity. Subsequent events of uplift resulted in the formation of entrenched meanders due to incision of the valley floor. The data suggest that tectonic activity along the Main Boundary Thrust (MBT) and Himalayan Frontal Thrust (HFT) during
have been used to study the geological, geomorphological and tectonic setting of the area. The results suggest the presence of a highly mature, almost flat Brahmaputra floodplain evolved during the recent geological past, in which palaeochannels had
In the present paper integrated stratigraphy and structural analyses are aimed at the description of a synsedimentary transpressional tectonic event, driving the onset and development of the Early Pliocene Lascari Basin, located NW of the Madonie
Mountains (northern Sicily). This paper presents an original interpretation of the stratigraphic and structural evolution of the study sector of the Sicily Fold and Thrust Belt. Our data contribute also to both define the structural style and constrain
the timing of transpressional tectonic event in northern Sicily. A brief comparison performed between the data here presented and those coming from adjacent sectors of northern Sicily suggests that the transpressional tectonics in these sectors of the chain
Appennino ; Carbonate rock ; Conglomerate ; Italy ; Pliocene ; Regional geology ; Tectonics ; Vertical movement
and the amount of regional uplift during post-thrusting flexural tectonics. The proveance of conglomerates indicate that the most rapid rates of uplift and the definitive exhumation of the carbonate ridges occured during the late syn-thrusting stage
, with topographic elevations of about 1500-2000m during the Late Pliocene. This suggests that the amount and rate of uplift due to the Upper Quaternaly post-thrusting reginal flexure are notably less than previous estimates. - (NF)
topographic profiles of parts of the Kali River Basin bring out preferred stream migration in response to Quaternary ground tilting of southeast and northwest directions across the North Almora Thrust. An oblique-slip type of movement along the fault has been