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Research article
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21 Jul 2015
Research article |
| 21 Jul 2015
Evolution of a highly dilatant fault zone in the grabens of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA – integrating fieldwork, ground-penetrating radar and airborne imagery analysis
M. Kettermann
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Structural Geology, Tectonics and Geomechanics Energy and Mineral Resources Group, RWTH Aachen University, Lochnerstraße 4–20, 52056 Aachen, Germany
C. Grützner
Neotectonics and Natural Hazards, RWTH Aachen University, Lochnerstraße 4–20, 52056 Aachen, Germany
now at: COMET; Bullard Laboratories, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
H. W. van Gent
Structural Geology, Tectonics and Geomechanics Energy and Mineral Resources Group, RWTH Aachen University, Lochnerstraße 4–20, 52056 Aachen, Germany
now at: Shell Global Solutions International, Rijswijk, the Netherlands
J. L. Urai
Structural Geology, Tectonics and Geomechanics Energy and Mineral Resources Group, RWTH Aachen University, Lochnerstraße 4–20, 52056 Aachen, Germany
K. Reicherter
Neotectonics and Natural Hazards, RWTH Aachen University, Lochnerstraße 4–20, 52056 Aachen, Germany
J. Mertens
Structural Geology, Tectonics and Geomechanics Energy and Mineral Resources Group, RWTH Aachen University, Lochnerstraße 4–20, 52056 Aachen, Germany
now at: ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Fault failure modes, deformation mechanisms, dilation tendency, slip tendency, and conduits v. seals D. Ferrill et al. 10.1144/SP496-2019-7
- Topographic controlled forcing of salt flow: Three‐dimensional models of an active salt system, Canyonlands, Utah K. Kravitz et al. 10.1002/2016JB013113
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- The near-surface structure in the area of the Børglum fault, Sorgenfrei-Tornquist Zone, northern Denmark: Implications for fault kinematics, timing of fault activity and fault control on tunnel valley formation C. Brandes et al. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107619
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- Mechanical stratigraphy and normal faulting D. Ferrill et al. 10.1016/j.jsg.2016.11.010
- Discrete element modeling of extensional fault-related monocline formation K. Smart & D. Ferrill 10.1016/j.jsg.2018.07.009
- Fault failure modes, deformation mechanisms, dilation tendency, slip tendency, and conduits v. seals D. Ferrill et al. 10.1144/SP496-2019-7
- Topographic controlled forcing of salt flow: Three‐dimensional models of an active salt system, Canyonlands, Utah K. Kravitz et al. 10.1002/2016JB013113
- Visualisation and analysis of shear-deformation bands in unconsolidated Pleistocene sand using ground-penetrating radar: Implications for paleoseismological studies C. Brandes et al. 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2018.02.005
- Regularization-Free Strain Mapping in Three Dimensions, With Application to Cardiac Ultrasound J. Boyle et al. 10.1115/1.4041576
- Abutting faults: a case study of the evolution of strain at Courthouse branch point, Moab Fault, Utah H. van Gent & J. Urai 10.5194/se-11-513-2020
- Thin Ice Lithospheres and High Heat Flows on Europa From Large Impact Structure Ring‐Graben K. Singer et al. 10.1029/2023JE007928
- Active Steady‐State Creep on A Nontectonic Normal Fault in Southeast Utah: Implications for Strain Release in a Rapidly Deforming Salt System K. Kravitz et al. 10.1029/2020GL087081
- Structure of massively dilatant faults in Iceland: lessons learned from high-resolution unmanned aerial vehicle data C. Weismüller et al. 10.5194/se-10-1757-2019
- Seismic Reflection Data Reveal the 3D Subsurface Structure of Pit Craters C. Magee et al. 10.1029/2021JE007155
- The Effect of Obliquity of Slip in Normal Faults on Distribution of Open Fractures C. von Hagke et al. 10.3389/feart.2019.00018
- Dilatant normal faulting in jointed cohesive rocks: a physical model study M. Kettermann et al. 10.5194/se-7-843-2016
- The near-surface structure in the area of the Børglum fault, Sorgenfrei-Tornquist Zone, northern Denmark: Implications for fault kinematics, timing of fault activity and fault control on tunnel valley formation C. Brandes et al. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107619
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Short summary
This paper combines fieldwork, ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and remote sensing in the jointed and faulted grabens area of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA. GPR profiles show that graben floors are subject to faulting, although the surface shows no scarps. We enhance evidence for the effect of preexisting joints on the formation of dilatant faults and provide a conceptual model for graben evolution. Correlating paleosols from outcrops and GPR adds to estimates of the age of the grabens.
This paper combines fieldwork, ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and remote sensing in the jointed...
