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dc.contributor.advisor | Clifford, P. M. | - |
dc.contributor.author | LeGresley, Eric | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-30T17:39:54Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-30T17:39:54Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1982-04 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/18617 | - |
dc.description.abstract | <p> Displacement transfer between faults and folds has been extensively documented in the Rocky Mountains as an explanation for structural variability along strike producing seemingly similar overall shortenings. A series of subparallel imbricate thrusts and an associated syncline in the Southern Canadian Front ranges at Heart Mountain has been mapped at a scale of 1:16,667. Megascopic, mesoscopic and microscopic evidence supports the contention that the folding observed at Heart Mountain occurred synchronously with thrusting as the result of displacement transfer from the adjacent thrust. </p> <p>Numerical dynamic analyses (NDA) suggest that twinning of calcite grains occurred very early in the deformational history in response to a regional stress field orientation of 246/03, 340/02, and 159/84 for o 1, o2 , and 03 respectively in the Exshaw plate. Megascopic and mesoscopic fabrics indicate similar results. Ambiguous NDA results for the Heart Mountain Syncline are explained using neutral surface folding theories rather than flexural slip theories generally proposed for folding within the Front Ranges. Neutral surface folds are consistent with the deformational model (displacement transfer) proposed. </p> <p>An orthogonal fracture system is pervasive throughout the thesis area. Observations indicate that fractures are oriented parallel and perpendicular to the strike of the Rocky Mountains. Their development is inferred to have taken place in the same regional stress field thought to be responsible for twinning, with fracture opening occurring after the relaxation of tectonic stresses and the removal of substantial amounts of overburden. </p> | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | structural variability | en_US |
dc.subject | megascopic | en_US |
dc.subject | mesoscopic | en_US |
dc.subject | imbricate thrusts | en_US |
dc.subject | structural relationships | en_US |
dc.subject | orthogonal fracture system | en_US |
dc.title | Structural Relationships between the Exshaw Thrust and Heart Mountain syncline, Exshaw, Alberta | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Geology | en_US |
dc.description.degreetype | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Bachelor of Science (BSc) | en_US |
Appears in Collections: | Bachelor theses |
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