STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE TENSLEEP FAULT, BIGHORN BASIN, WYOMING (PALEOSTRESS, FORELAND, JOINTS)

The Tensleep Fault is an east-west trending Precambrian fault reactivated during the Laramide orogeny. This study of the fault west of the base of the Bighorn Mountains involves three levels of analysis: structural geometry, determination of motion, and interpretation of paleostress fields. Evidence...

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Main Author: ALLISON, MERLE LEE
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 1986
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI8622645