Fault-associated salt flow and mass movement

摘要: It has been suggested by model studies that swell formation may occur in a mobile layer subjected to faulting where the fault throw is less than thickness. In such case real earth, differential overburden loading due deposition or erosion at later stage will cause (e.g. salt rock) flow from region of higher lower load stress via zone, resulting on upthrow side fault. Two different examples this effect are illustrated marine seismic sections North Sea. Associated with one these events which appear indicate mass movement sediment down scarp prior main body Zechstein halite location.