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Imbricate Fans

Imbricate Fans is a structural geological framework characterized by a series of overlapping thrust sheets arranged in a fan-like geometry, distinguished by their convergence toward a common basal detachment surface and systematic imbrication in compressional tectonic settings.

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Imbricate thrust model of the Southern Uplands of Scotland

W. S. McKerrow, Jeremy Leggett, Martin Eales · Nature · 1977 · 180 citations

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Thrust sequences

Robert W. Butler · Journal of the Geological Society · 1987 · 174 citations

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Extensional and compressional zones in slumps and slides in the Namurian of County Clare, Ireland

Ole J. Martinsen, Bente Bakken · Journal of the Geological Society · 1990 · 119 citations

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Quaternary alluvial fan sedimentation in the Dehradun Valley Piggyback Basin, NW Himalaya: tectonic and palaeoclimatic implications

Anshu Singh, B. Parkash, Rakesh Mohindra et al. · Basin Research · 2001 · 115 citations

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Rapid active thrusting along the northwestern range front of the Tanghe Nan Shan (western Gansu, China)

J. van der Woerd, Xiwei Xu, Haibing Li et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2001 · 112 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. RW
    Robert W. Butler

    University of Leeds, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 259 citations

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  2. FS
    Federico Sani

    University of Florence, Italy

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  3. AM
    Anne‐Sophie Mériaux

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States

    1 publications · 112 citations

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  4. AG
    A. G. Plant

    Geological Survey of Canada, Canada

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  5. YK
    Yoshiyuki Kaneko

    Kagoshima University, Japan

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  1. University of Aberdeen

    Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    120 citations

  2. China Earthquake Administration

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    240 citations

  3. China University of Geosciences

    Wuhan, China

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    105 citations

  4. University of Florence

    Florence, Italy

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    22 citations

  5. University of Warsaw

    Warsaw, Poland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  6. BP (United Kingdom)

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    49 citations

  7. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    64 citations

  8. University of Baltimore

    Baltimore, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    65 citations

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  1. Journal of Structural Geology

    5 publications · 217 citations

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  2. Journal of the Geological Society

    JGS · 3 publications · 342 citations

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  4. Marine and Petroleum Geology

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  5. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

    1 publications · 21 citations

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