HANGING WALL DEFORMATION

An Msc Petroleum Geoscience by Distance Learning Tool

David Waltham & Ian Watkinson, Royal Holloway, April 2014

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FAULT GEOMETRY

Detachment depth: km

Radius of curvature: km

Cut-off angle: degrees

SEDIMENTATION RATES

Relative sealevel rise: m/ky

Deposition below sealevel: m/ky

Erosion above sealevel: m/ky

INCLINED SIMPLE SHEAR

Contraction shear angle: degrees

Extension shear angle: degrees

TECTONIC RATES

Contraction: m/ky

Extension: m/ky

TIME = 0.0 My

DISPLAY CONTROLS

Rates Sea level Extension Cross-section

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