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20 - Balancing and restoration

Haakon Fossen
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Universitetet i Bergen, Norway
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Structural Geology , pp. 395 - 408
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010

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Rowland, S. M. and Duebendorfer, E. M., 2007, Structural Analysis and Synthesis. Oxford: Blackwell Science.Google Scholar
Dahlstrom, C. D. A., 1969, Balanced cross sections. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 6: 743–757.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hossack, J. R., 1979, The use of balanced cross-sections in the calculation of orogenic contraction: a review. Journal of the Geological Society 136: 705–711.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Mount, V. S., Suppe, J. and Hook, S. C., 1990, A forward modeling strategy for balancing cross sections. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 74: 521–531.Google Scholar
Suppe, J. 1983, Geometry and kinematics of fault-bend folding. American Journal of Science 283, 684–721.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Woodward, N. B., Gray, D. R. and Spears, D. B., 1986, Including strain data in balanced cross-sections. Journal of Structural Geology 8: 313–324.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Woodward, N. B., Boyer, S. E. and Suppe, J., 1989, Balanced Geological Cross-sections: An Essential Technique in Geological Research and Exploration. American Geophysical Union Short Course in Geology, 6.
Matos, R. M. D., 1993, Geometry of the hanging wall above a system of listric normal faults – a numerical solution. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 77: 1839–1859.Google Scholar
Gibbs, A. D., 1983, Balanced cross-section construction from seismic sections in areas of extensional tectonics. Journal of Structural Geology 5: 153–160.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Morris, A. P. and Ferrill, D. A., 1999, Constant-thickness deformation above curved normal faults. Journal of Structural Geology 21: 67–83.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Nunns, A., 1991, Structural restoration of seismic and geologic sections in extensional regimes. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 75: 278–297.Google Scholar
Westaway, R. and Kusznir, N., 1993, Fault and bed “rotation” during continental extension: block rotation or vertical shear?Journal of Structural Geology 15: 753–770.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Withjack, M. O. and Peterson, E. T., 1993, Prediction of normal-fault geometries – a sensitivity analysis. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 77: 1860–1873.Google Scholar
Hossack, J., 1993, Geometric rules of section balancing for salt structures. In Jackson, M. P. A., Roberts, D. G. and Snelson, S. (Eds.), Salt Tectonics: A Global Perspective. Memoir 65. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, pp. 29–40.Google Scholar
Rowan, M. G., 1993, A systematic technique for sequential restoration of salt structures. Tectonophysics 228: 331–348.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Rouby, D., Fossen, H. and Cobbold, P., 1996, Extension, displacement, and block rotation in the larger Gullfaks area, northern North Sea: determined from map view restoration. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 80: 875–890.Google Scholar
Rouby, D., Xiao, H. and Suppe, J., 2000, 3-D Restoration of complexly folded and faulted surfaces using multiple unfolding mechanisms. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 84: 805–829.Google Scholar
Roberts, A. M., Yielding, G. and Badley, M. E., 1993, Tectonic and bathymetric controls on stratigraphic sequences within evolving half-graben. In Williams, G. D. and Dobb, A. (Eds.), Tectonics and Seismic Sequence Stratigraphy. Special Publication 71, London: Geological Society, pp. 81–121.Google Scholar
Watts, A. B., 2001, Isostasy and Flexure of the Lithosphere. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar
Rowland, S. M. and Duebendorfer, E. M., 2007, Structural Analysis and Synthesis. Oxford: Blackwell Science.Google Scholar
Dahlstrom, C. D. A., 1969, Balanced cross sections. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 6: 743–757.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hossack, J. R., 1979, The use of balanced cross-sections in the calculation of orogenic contraction: a review. Journal of the Geological Society 136: 705–711.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Mount, V. S., Suppe, J. and Hook, S. C., 1990, A forward modeling strategy for balancing cross sections. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 74: 521–531.Google Scholar
Suppe, J. 1983, Geometry and kinematics of fault-bend folding. American Journal of Science 283, 684–721.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Woodward, N. B., Gray, D. R. and Spears, D. B., 1986, Including strain data in balanced cross-sections. Journal of Structural Geology 8: 313–324.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Woodward, N. B., Boyer, S. E. and Suppe, J., 1989, Balanced Geological Cross-sections: An Essential Technique in Geological Research and Exploration. American Geophysical Union Short Course in Geology, 6.
Matos, R. M. D., 1993, Geometry of the hanging wall above a system of listric normal faults – a numerical solution. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 77: 1839–1859.Google Scholar
Gibbs, A. D., 1983, Balanced cross-section construction from seismic sections in areas of extensional tectonics. Journal of Structural Geology 5: 153–160.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Morris, A. P. and Ferrill, D. A., 1999, Constant-thickness deformation above curved normal faults. Journal of Structural Geology 21: 67–83.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Nunns, A., 1991, Structural restoration of seismic and geologic sections in extensional regimes. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 75: 278–297.Google Scholar
Westaway, R. and Kusznir, N., 1993, Fault and bed “rotation” during continental extension: block rotation or vertical shear?Journal of Structural Geology 15: 753–770.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Withjack, M. O. and Peterson, E. T., 1993, Prediction of normal-fault geometries – a sensitivity analysis. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 77: 1860–1873.Google Scholar
Hossack, J., 1993, Geometric rules of section balancing for salt structures. In Jackson, M. P. A., Roberts, D. G. and Snelson, S. (Eds.), Salt Tectonics: A Global Perspective. Memoir 65. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, pp. 29–40.Google Scholar
Rowan, M. G., 1993, A systematic technique for sequential restoration of salt structures. Tectonophysics 228: 331–348.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Rouby, D., Fossen, H. and Cobbold, P., 1996, Extension, displacement, and block rotation in the larger Gullfaks area, northern North Sea: determined from map view restoration. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 80: 875–890.Google Scholar
Rouby, D., Xiao, H. and Suppe, J., 2000, 3-D Restoration of complexly folded and faulted surfaces using multiple unfolding mechanisms. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 84: 805–829.Google Scholar
Roberts, A. M., Yielding, G. and Badley, M. E., 1993, Tectonic and bathymetric controls on stratigraphic sequences within evolving half-graben. In Williams, G. D. and Dobb, A. (Eds.), Tectonics and Seismic Sequence Stratigraphy. Special Publication 71, London: Geological Society, pp. 81–121.Google Scholar
Watts, A. B., 2001, Isostasy and Flexure of the Lithosphere. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar

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