Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010geoji.182.1105a&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Journal International, Volume 182, Issue 3, pp. 1105-1123.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Magnetic Fabrics And Anisotropy Microstructures, Continental Tectonics: Compressional, North America
Scientific paper
The Sheep Mountain anticline (Wyoming, USA) is a well-exposed asymmetric, basement-cored anticline that formed during the Laramide orogeny in the early Tertiary. In order to unravel the history of strain during folding, we carried out combined anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS), anisotropy of P-wave velocity (APWV) and Fry strain analyses. The results are compared to previously published stress-strain data from calcite twins at the microscopic scale and from fracture sets at the mesoscopic scale, and are used to discuss the kinematics and mechanics of forced folding. The results obtained in sandstone and carbonate lithologies demonstrate a good agreement between (1) the principal axes of the AMS and APWV tensors, (2) stress-strain tensors derived from calcite twins, (3) Fry strain axes and mesoscopic fracture sets. Furthermore, these tensors are coaxial with the main structural trends of the anticline. The differences between AMS and APWV fabrics on one hand, and the differential stress values of the forelimb and the backlimb on the other hand, emphasize how the macroscopic asymmetry of Sheep Mountain anticline affects the strain pattern at the microscopic scale. The data set presented in this paper offers a consistent mechanical scenario for the development of Sheep Mountain anticline.
Amrouch Khalid
Bellahsen Nicolas
Callot Jean-Paul
Daniel Jean-Marc
Faure J. L.
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