Hola pablo
I think that sole or floor thrust and his counterpart roof thrust are
traditionally used for duplex thrust systems but they aloso can be
used for wedges.
un Saludo
Stéphane
pablo torres carbonell <[log in to unmask]> a écrit :
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> Hi all,
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> In the 2001 discussion mentioned by Dr. Konrad-Schmolke I found that
> it may be correct to use the term "décollement" to name the base of
> a thrust wedge. Would it be also precise to refer to it as "sole
> fault"?
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> Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 16:07:33 +0200
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> Subject: Re: Detachment and décollement
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> Hi Rodrigo,there has been a lively discussion about this topic in
> the Geo-Tectonics list initiated by Florian Fusseis (Hi Flo!) in
> december 2001. So just go to the Jiscmail website, search the
> archive of the tectonics-list for "detachment" and you`ll find some
> interesting comments and references.RegardsMatthias
> On Apr 4, 2009, at 2:02 PM, Rodrigo Perovano wrote:Hi everyone,
> I'm a Ph.D. student at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and
> I'm working on gravitational tectonics above shale layers. In the
> published articles that I have read, I see people using the term
> “detachment” where sliding occurs along a discrete plane of
> weakness, whereas people use the word “décollement”, usually where
> sliding occurs by deforming an entire layer (such as salt, but also
> sometimes shale) rather than a single plane. In Portuguese, people
> use exclusively the word "descolamento", which means “detachment”
> in both settings. In English, is there a consensus on the use of
> both terms, and has there been any article that specifically
> addresses this issue? I could not find any during my bibliographic
> search. I’ll appreciate any clue you could provide. Rodrigo
> Perovano.
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