Contractional Features is a geological construct denoting surface structures formed by compressional stresses that shorten and thicken planetary lithospheres, distinguished from extensional or shear features by their characteristic folding, buckling, and thrust faulting morphology.
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Structural evolution of extensional basin margins
A. D. Gibbs · Journal of the Geological Society · 1984 · 928 citations
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