The Canyonlands Grabens Revisited, with a New Interpretation of Graben Geometry

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Mar 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996lpi....27.1155s&link_type=abstract

Lunar and Planetary Science, volume 27, page 1155

Physics

Faults, Graben, Stress, Tharsis

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The relative scale between faults and faulted-layer thickness is critical to the mechanical behavior of faults and fault populations on any planetary body. Due to their fresh, relatively uneroded morphology and simple structural setting, the terrestrial Canyonlands grabens provide a unique opportunity to critically investigate the geometry, growth, interaction, and scaling relationships of normal faults. Symmetrical models have traditionally been used to describe these grabens, but field observations of stratigraphic offsets require asymmetric graben cross-sectional geometry. Topographic profiles reveal differential stratigraphic offsets, graben floor-tilts, and possible roll-over anticlines as well as footwall uplifts. Relationships between the asymmetric graben geometry and brittle-layer thickness are currently being investigated.

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