12.113 | Fall 2005 | Undergraduate

Structural Geology

Lecture Notes

part4_thrst_tect.pdf

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These notes cover the following topics: Jargon, Geometry, general characteristics, Restoration of balanced crosssections, Sandboxes and critical taper theory, What sets the angle of the wedge? If wedges grow selfsimilarly, can they grow forever? What is the backstop anyways?, and Mechanical paradox of overthrusts.

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