The geometry of listric normal faults and deformation in their hangingwalls

摘要: Abstract In cross-sections containing listric extensional faults, area balancing techniques for depth to decollement are usually based on either bed length conservation or displacement conservation. Listric fault geometry may be constructed from a hangingwall roll-over profile using the ‘Chevron construction’. This construction, of heave, necessitates reduction in with decreasing dip. A modification this construction utilizing predicts that detaches at shallower depth. new slip lines uses fault-perpendicular segments generate shape. Fault propagation strain responsible anomalous geometries, and these can predicted by forward modelling modified Chevron slip-line construction.