Thrust tectonics or contractional tectonics is concerned with the structures formed by, and the tectonic processes associated with, the shortening and...

layer is present. Thrust tectonics is associated with the shortening and thickening of the crust, or the lithosphere. This type of tectonics is found at zones...

of the Rocky Mountains: Geol. Surv. Canada Summ. Rept., 2, p. 41. "Thrust Tectonics". www.see.leeds.ac.uk. Archibald Geikie (November 13, 1884). "The Crystalline...

and thrust belt (FTB) is a series of mountainous foothills adjacent to an orogenic belt, which forms due to contractional tectonics. Fold and thrust belts...

[citation needed] Active tectonics will increase the likelihood of salt structures developing. In the case of extensional tectonics, faulting will both reduce...

layering is caused by the stacking of thrust sheets, or nappes, in areas of thrust tectonics or to the effects of tectonics on lithostratigraphy. One example...

otherwise fallen out of use. Fold mountains form in areas of thrust tectonics, such as where two tectonic plates move towards each other at convergent plate boundary...

— the collision of the continental crust of two tectonic plates, namely, the Indian Plate thrusting into the Eurasian Plate. The Himalaya-Tibet region...

(1999). "Uplift and convergence along the Himalayan Frontal Thrust of India". Tectonics. 18 (6): 967–976. Bibcode:1999Tecto..18..967W. doi:10.1029/1999TC900026...

Strike-slip tectonics or wrench tectonics is a type of tectonics that is dominated by lateral (horizontal) movements within the Earth's crust (and lithosphere)...

Arita, Kazunori (1991). "Thrust tectonics, crustal shortening, and the structure of the far-eastern Nepal Himalaya". Tectonics. 10 (5): 851–862. Bibcode:1991Tecto...

This is a list of articles related to plate tectonics and tectonic plates. Plate tectonics (from Latin tectonicus, from Ancient Greek τεκτονικός (tektonikós) 'pertaining...

thrust (German: Glarner Überschiebung) is a major thrust fault in the Alps of eastern Switzerland. Along the thrust the Helvetic nappes were thrust more...

within thrust sheets and kinematics of thrust tectonics as derived from palaeomagnetic data: an example from the Southern Pyrenees, 265–275. Thrust Tectonics...

pp. 335–352 In McClay, K. R. and Price, N.J. (editors) (1981) Thrust and Nappe Tectonics (Geological Society of London Special Publication 9) Blackwell...

Extensional tectonics is concerned with the structures formed by, and the tectonic processes associated with, the stretching of a planetary body's crust...

in the Earth's crust. Ground fissures can form naturally, such as from tectonic faulting and earthquakes, or as a consequence of human activity, such as...

of central and southern Italy shows a transition from thrust tectonics to extensional tectonics. The transition is interpreted to be a result of slab...

active thrust tectonics, linking eastwards to the Apsheron sill. To the south, the Lesser Caucasus mountains are also a result of active thrust tectonics. The...

The Moine Thrust Belt or Moine Thrust Zone is a linear tectonic feature in the Scottish Highlands which runs from Loch Eriboll on the north coast 190...

crust of the continental margin (thrust tectonics). This takes the form of folding of the ductile deeper crust and thrust faulting in the upper brittle crust...

certain parts of an area's history, such as movement, deformation, or tectonic activity. When measuring or describing the attitude of an inclined feature...

throughout the study of tectonics on Mars. In general, Mars lacks unambiguous evidence that terrestrial-style plate tectonics has shaped its surface....

Tectonic uplift is the geologic uplift of Earth's surface that is attributed to plate tectonics. While isostatic response is important, an increase in...

earthquakes in Italy Monaco, C.; Mazzoli S.; Tortorici L. (1996). "Active thrust tectonics in western Sicily (southern Italy): the 1968 Belice earthquake sequence"...

plate boundaries, where one tectonic plate is forced underneath another. The earthquakes are caused by slip along the thrust fault that forms the contact...

The Main Central Thrust is a major geological fault where the Indian Plate has pushed under the Eurasian Plate along the Himalaya. The fault slopes down...

the earthquake leaves, on the Earth's surface. Blind thrust faults generally exist near tectonic plate margins, in the broad disturbance zone. They form...

; Wheeler, Paul J. (August 1999). "Late Cenozoic tectonics of the Kepingtage Thrust Zone". Tectonics. 18 (4): 639–654. Bibcode:1999Tecto..18..639A. doi:10...

2004. Thrust tectonic styles of the intracratonic Petermann and Alice Springs Orogenies, Central Australia. In: McClay, K (ed.) Thrust Tectonics and Hydrocarbon...