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AAPG Bulletin, V.
1Manuscript received January 4, 1999; revised manuscript received August 25,
1999; final acceptance November 15, 1999.
2Mobil Technology Company, Dallas, Texas. Present address: Department of
Geological Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854; e-mail: [email protected]
3Mobil Producing Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria.
ABSTRACT
magnitude
and rate of
displacement on the underlying master normal fault. Increasing the thickness of the
viscous layer and the cohesive strength and ductility of the overburden enhances the
decoupling between the deep and shallow deformation. Alternatively, increasing the
viscosity of the viscous layer, the thickness of the overburden, and the
magnitude
and
rate of displacement on the master normal fault reduces the decoupling between the deep
and shallow deformation. Enhanced decoupling facilitates the formation of broad
extensional forced folds and the development of detached secondary faults both near and
far from the master normal faults. The model-predicted deformation patterns closely
resemble those observed in the Gulf of Suez, the Haltenbanken area of offshore Norway, and
the Jeanne d'Arc Basin of the Grand Banks, offshore southeastern Canada.
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