thin-skinned deformation
Sign in to savestyle of deformation in plate tectonics at a convergent boundary which occurs with shallow thrust faults that only involves cover rocks (typically sedimentary rocks), and not deeper basement rocks
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Within Vinony's link graph, thin-skinned deformation is referenced by 111 other articles, and connects out to décollement, United States and Montana.
It is catalogued under the topic Plate tectonics.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- deformation
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- tectonics
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- tectonics
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décollement
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United States
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Montana
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International Standard Book Number
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Rocky Mountains
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plate tectonics
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limestone
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sedimentary rock
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fault
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mechanical stress
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deformation
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orogeny
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fold
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anticline
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shale
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rift
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graben
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syncline
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dike
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structural geology
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