Reverse faults and thrusts in sand-box and numerical experiments
| The movie on the right is a digitized version of a physical experiment involving the shortening of a sand box. It shows the development of a sequence of reverse fault and the progressive stacking of several units. Newly formed reverse faults develop in front and below the old ones.
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Along with physical experiments, numerical experiments enable the investigation of simplified geological systems. The picture below (From Beaumont's Group in Halifax) illustrates the final stage of the development of a thrust fault above a rigid basement. The thrust fault merge with an horizontal fault (a decollement), folding develop in front and behind the thrust.
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