Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6445255 | Proceedings of the Geologists' Association | 2012 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The Chalk Group of the Central Downs of the Isle of Wight forms a relay ramp between two major inverted extensional faults. Mortimore (2011) presented a structural model of this key area based on a geological map constructed from detailed logging of a limited set of exposed sections. The area has been recently mapped at 1:10,000 scale by the British Geological Survey. Our interpretation of the geological structure differs significantly from that proposed by Mortimore, and suggests that Chalk has relatively uniform dips that progressively steepen towards the hanging wall of the E-W oriented basement faults. However, a suite of mapped extensional faults indicates an element of differential movement or transpression along the main basement structures.
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Authors
Andrew R. Farrant, Peter M. Hopson, Mark A. Woods, Kathryn A. Booth, David J. Evans,