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March 25, 2026Open Access

Structural Evolution of Fold-Thrust Belts in Collisional Foreland Basins: Examples from Northeast India and the Central Appalachians

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AGAlexander A Gray

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Thesis investigates structural styles and kinematics of fold-thrust belts in collisional margins, implying new insights for seismic hazards.

Key Points

  • The research aims to understand how fold-thrust belts evolve in collisional foreland basins, focusing on strain processes and fault dynamics.
  • Conducted geologic mapping and structural analyses in the Naga Fold-Thrust Belt and North Mountain Thrust Zone.
  • Utilized fault kinematic analysis and forward kinematic modeling for accurate predictions.
  • Prepared bedrock mapping and structural analyses as part of a collaboration with USGS.
  • Demonstrated that strain in the Naga Fold-Thrust Belt is partitioned, absorbing NW-directed shortening and dextral transpression.
  • Validated that North Mountain Thrust is a fault-propagation fold accommodating NW-directed shortening with significant penetrative strain.

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Alexander A Gray (2023) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c37b93b34aaaeb1a67e14fhttps://doi.org/10.13021/mars/15305
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