Controls of fault-bend fold on natural fractures: Insight from discrete element simulation and outcrops in the southern margin of the Junggar Basin, Western China
Zhe Mao, Lianbo Zeng, Guangdi Liu, Guoping Liu, He Tian, Shaoqun Dong, Wenya Lyu, Mehdi Ostadhassan
Topics & Concepts
Fold (higher-order function)GeologyOutcropAnticlineEchelon formationForeland basinFault (geology)Thrust faultStructural basinPetrologySeismologySlippingGeomorphologyGeotechnical engineeringGeometryMechanical engineeringMathematicsEngineeringearthquake and tectonic studiesRock Mechanics and ModelingSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques