Role of Fluid Pressure in Mechanics of Overthrust Faulting: Reply

Research Article| April 01, 1965 ROLE OF FLUID PRESSURE IN MECHANICS OF OVERTHRUST FAULTING: REPLY WILLIAM W RUBEY; WILLIAM W RUBEY THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, CALIF.; UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, WASHINGTON, D. C., AND STANFORD UNIVERSITY, STANFORD, CALIF. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar M KING HUBBERT M KING HUBBERT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, CALIF.; UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, WASHINGTON, D. C., AND STANFORD UNIVERSITY, STANFORD, CALIF. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information WILLIAM W RUBEY THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, CALIF.; UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, WASHINGTON, D. C., AND STANFORD UNIVERSITY, STANFORD, CALIF. M KING HUBBERT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, CALIF.; UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, WASHINGTON, D. C., AND STANFORD UNIVERSITY, STANFORD, CALIF. Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 02 Jul 1964 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2674 Print ISSN: 0016-7606 Copyright © 1965, The Geological Society of America, Inc. Copyright is not claimed on any material prepared by U.S. government employees within the scope of their employment. GSA Bulletin (1965) 76 (4): 469–474. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76469:ROFPIM2.0.CO;2 Article history Received: 02 Jul 1964 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation WILLIAM W RUBEY, M KING HUBBERT; ROLE OF FLUID PRESSURE IN MECHANICS OF OVERTHRUST FAULTING: REPLY. GSA Bulletin 1965;; 76 (4): 469–474. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76469:ROFPIM2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract Davis cites four areas of low-angle faulting in which he believes that high fluid pressures can have played no important part in the development and movement of the thrust plates, but it seems to us that the concept or some variant of it may help to explain the observed field relationships in the three out of these four areas with which we have had some first-hand experience. In the areas of the Heart Mountain thrust of Wyoming, the Muddy Mountain thrust of Nevada, and the structurally higher, crystalline thrust sheets of the Swiss Alps, field relationships which include evidence of dehydration reactions during metamorphism of evaporites and of pelitic rocks suggest that interstitial fluid pressures may have been high and thus have played an essential part in the development of the thrust faults. In the fourth area cited by Davis, that of his own studies in the Klamath Mountains of California, we have had no first-hand experience and thus are not competent to answer his criticisms. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.