Ancient submarine slide and slump deposits in the Devonian flysch of central and northern Maine show considerable variation in fold style, from symmetric to asymmetric to sheath geometries. Building on earlier work by Farrell and Eaton, we suggest that the spectrum of fold styles reflects the degree of simple shear within each slump deposit. We present a stereographic approach to paleoslope analysis that exploits fold hinge attitudes, axial surface attitudes, sheath axes, vergence, S‐ and Z‐asymmetry—depending on the style of slump folding. Our paleoslope determinations from widely scattered locations across the Devonian foreland basin in Maine show a regionally consistent pattern of westerly to northwesterly slopes.
Paleoslope analysis of slump folds in the devonian flysch of Maine
Journal of Geology
By: D. Bradley and L. Hanson
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Abstract
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Paleoslope analysis of slump folds in the devonian flysch of Maine |
| Series title | Journal of Geology |
| DOI | 10.1086/516024 |
| Volume | 106 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 1998 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
| Description | 14 p. |
| First page | 305 |
| Last page | 318 |
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