Tectonic evolution of the Sevier and Laramide belts within the North American Cordillera orogenic system

WA Yonkee, AB Weil - Earth-Science Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
The thin-skin Sevier and thick-skin Laramide belts of the North American Cordillera provide
a long-term record of the interrelations between evolving styles of mountain building and …

Building the Zagros collisional orogen: timing, strain distribution and the dynamics of Arabia/Eurasia plate convergence

F Mouthereau, O Lacombe, J Vergés - Tectonophysics, 2012 - Elsevier
The Zagros Mountains are the result of the Arabia/Eurasia collision initiated at~ 35Ma as the
rifted Arabian lithosphere was underthrusted beneath the Iranian plate due to its negative …

A review of deformation pattern templates in foreland basin systems and fold-and-thrust belts: Implications for the state of stress in the frontal regions of thrust wedges

S Tavani, F Storti, O Lacombe, A Corradetti… - Earth-Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
Aesthetically appealing thrust systems and related large-scale anticlines, in both active and
fossil foreland fold-and-thrust belts, and the economic potential associated with them, have …

U-Pb dating of calcite veins reveals complex stress evolution and thrust sequence in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA

N Beaudoin, O Lacombe, NMW Roberts… - …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We report U-Pb absolute ages of calcite cements from a diffuse vein network documented in
the Bighorn Basin (Wyoming, USA), where distinct systematic vein sets developed at the …

How the geochemistry of syn-kinematic calcite cement depicts past fluid flow and assists structural interpretations: a review of concepts and applications in orogenic …

NE Beaudoin, O Lacombe, G Hoareau… - Geological …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Orogenic forelands host interactions between deformation and static or migrating fluids.
Given their accessibility and dimensions, these areas are not only historic landmarks for …

Sedimentary and diagenetic controls on the multiscale fracturing pattern of a carbonate reservoir: The Madison Formation (Sheep Mountain, Wyoming, USA)

M Barbier, Y Hamon, JP Callot, M Floquet… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2012 - Elsevier
A multidisciplinary approach has been applied to characterize the Madison Formation in the
Sheep Mountain anticline at different scales, in order to illustrate the relationship between …

On the distribution of fluids in folds: A review of controlling factors and processes

MA Evans, MP Fischer - Journal of Structural Geology, 2012 - Elsevier
Growing macroscale fold structures are one of the most dynamic and complex systems in
geology, where during fold growth pore fluid pressure, fluid temperature, and fluid …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of structural position on fracture networks in the Torridon Group, Achnashellach fold and thrust belt, NW Scotland

H Watkins, RWH Butler, CE Bond, D Healy - Journal of Structural Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
In fold-and-thrust belts rocks undergo deformation as fold geometries evolve. Deformation
may be accommodated by brittle fracturing, which can vary depending on structural position …

Sub-seismic fractures in foreland fold and thrust belts: insight from the Lurestan Province, Zagros Mountains, Iran

G Casini, PA Gillespie, J Vergés, I Romaire… - 2011 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract ABSTRACT The Simply Folded Belt of the Zagros Mountains, Iran, is a
spectacularly well-exposed example of a foreland fold and thrust belt. A regional analysis of …

Fracture patterns in the Zagros Simply Folded Belt (Fars, Iran): constraints on early collisional tectonic history and role of basement faults

O Lacombe, N Bellahsen, F Mouthereau - Geological Magazine, 2011 - cambridge.org
Pre-/early folding fracture patterns were recognized in several anticlines from three structural
domains in the Simply Folded Belt of the Fars arc. These fracture sets were characterized in …