کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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9536138 | 1357084 | 2005 | 16 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Fault populations, strain distribution and basement fault reactivation in the East Pennines Coalfield, UK
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مهندسی و علوم پایه
علوم زمین و سیارات
زمین شناسی
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چکیده انگلیسی
The scaling properties of faults within the East Pennine Coalfield (UK) are analysed for a fault population defined from a high quality, regional (ca. 1300Â km2) fault map for an Upper Carboniferous (Westphalian) coal seam. The fault system is dominated by an orthogonal network of NW- and NE-striking faults that preserve predominantly dip-slip extensional displacements ranging from <1 to 180Â m. Fault displacements are post-depositional and late- to post-Carboniferous in age. Fault size (maximum throw, length and geometric moment) populations display very well defined power-law distributions over two orders of magnitude. Sub-sets of the population, discriminated in terms of sub-area (400 and 100Â km2) and strike (NW- and NE-striking sets) are also power-law distributed. Changes in the power-law exponents of NW- and NE-striking fault populations reflect strain variations across the area. Some sub-areas are dominated by NW-striking faults, whilst others display a more symmetrical fault pattern. This heterogeneous distribution of strain is strongly influenced by the geometry of an underlying lower Carboniferous (Dinantian) fault system, characterised by large NW-striking graben-bounding faults (km-scale throws), which localises strain in the upper Carboniferous cover sequence during late- and post-Carboniferous faulting.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Structural Geology - Volume 27, Issue 5, May 2005, Pages 913-928
Journal: Journal of Structural Geology - Volume 27, Issue 5, May 2005, Pages 913-928
نویسندگان
W.R. Bailey, J.J. Walsh, T. Manzocchi,