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English: An idealised thrust fault with fault-bent folding. Diagram to clearify terminology in structural geology. Sources for this figure:
  • McClay, K.R. ; 1992 : Glossary of thrust tectonics terms , in: McClay, K.R. ( ed. ): Thrust Tectonics , Chapman & Hall, London, pp 419-433.
  • Suppe, J. ; 1983 : Geometry and kinematics of fault-bend folding , American Journal of Science 283 : pp 684-721.
  • Twiss, R.J. & Moores, E.M. ; 2000 : Structural Geology , W.H. Freeman & co, ISBN 0-7167-2252-6 , see p 100.
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