期刊
GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE
卷 159, 期 11-12, 页码 1897-1913出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756821001291
关键词
fractures; pre-folding; foredeep; central Apennines; lithological control; thrust-related anticline
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- Sapienza Progetti di Ateneo
- Avvio alla Ricerca
The study reveals the presence of vertical joints perpendicular to bedding on the Pietrasecca Anticline in central Apennines, Italy, suggesting that these joints may have formed before folding and are related to a foredeep environment. Additionally, the intensity of joints along the anticline does not correlate with structural position, indicating that the joints are not necessarily syn-folding deformation structures.
Bedding-perpendicular joints striking parallel (longitudinal) and perpendicular (transverse) to both the axis of the hosting anticline and the trend of the foredeep-belt system are widely recognized in fold-and-thrust belts. Their occurrence has been commonly attributed to folding-related processes, such as syn-folding outer-arc extension, although they can also be consistent with a pre-folding foredeep-related fracturing stage. Here we report the pre-folding fracture pattern affecting the Pietrasecca Anticline, in the central Apennines (Italy), resolved by a detailed field structural analysis. Field observations, scan-lines and interpretation of virtual outcrops were used to study the intensity, distribution and the orientations of fracture pattern along the anticline. The fracture pattern of the Pietrasecca Anticline consists of longitudinal and transverse joints, oriented approximately perpendicular to bedding, and of a pre-folding longitudinal pressure-solution cleavage set, which is oblique to bedding regardless of the bedding dip. Cross-cutting relationships show that joints predated the development of the pressure-solution cleavage. Furthermore, joint intensity does not relate to the structural position along the anticline. Taken together, these observations suggest that jointing occurred in a foredeep environment before the Pietrasecca Anticline growth. Our work further demonstrates that joints striking parallel and orthogonal to the main fold axis do not necessarily represent syn-folding deformation structures.
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