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Thin-skinned Deformation

Thin-Skinned Deformation is a tectonic deformation style characterized by the detachment and displacement of upper crustal rocks along shallow, subhorizontal fault planes, typically above a weak basal décollement, without significant involvement of the underlying basement.

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7.7K

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351

Authors

167

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2017–2026

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Variants

Thin-skinned Tectonics

Parents

Publications

115

The rise of diapirs during thin-skinned extension

Bruno C. Vendeville, Martin P. A. Jackson · Marine and Petroleum Geology · 1992 · 676 citations

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Thin-skinned tectonics in the crystalline southern Appalachians; COCORP seismic-reflection profiling of the Blue Ridge and Piedmont

Frederick A. Cook, D. S. Albaugh, L. D. Brown et al. · Geology · 1979 · 449 citations

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Structural styles in the Zagros Simple Folded Zone, Iran

E. Blanc, Mark B. Allen, S. Inger · Journal of the Geological Society · 2003 · 373 citations · Full text

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The fall of diapirs during thin-skinned extension

Bruno C. Vendeville, Martin P. A. Jackson · Marine and Petroleum Geology · 1992 · 297 citations

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Tertiary sequence of deformation in a thin‐skinned/thick‐skinned collision belt: The Zagros Folded Belt (Fars, Iran)

Frédéric Mouthereau, Julien Tensi, Nicolas Bellahsen et al. · Tectonics · 2007 · 229 citations · Full text

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Authors

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    Brian K. Horton

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    4 publications · 320 citations

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  2. HP
    H. P. Laubscher

    University of Basel, Switzerland

    4 publications · 243 citations

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  3. LG
    Laura Giambiagi

    Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina

    3 publications · 178 citations

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  4. ER
    Eduard Roca

    Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

    3 publications · 105 citations

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  5. MP
    Martin P. A. Jackson

    Bureau of Economic Analysis, United States

    2 publications · 973 citations

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Institutions

167

  1. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    391 citations

  3. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    407 citations

  4. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    665 citations

  5. University of Basel

    Basel, Switzerland

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    377 citations

  6. Universidad de Buenos Aires

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    315 citations

  7. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    275 citations

  8. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    271 citations

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Venues

  1. Geological Society London Special Publications

    9 publications · 315 citations

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  2. Journal of the Geological Society

    JGS · 8 publications · 681 citations

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  3. AAPG Bulletin

    7 publications · 677 citations

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  4. Tectonophysics

    6 publications · 468 citations

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  5. Geology

    5 publications · 555 citations

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