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COMMENTS ON “GRAVITY OVERTURNS, EXTENSION, AND BASEMENT FAULT ACTIVATION”
Author(s) -
Hospers J.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of petroleum geology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1747-5457
pISSN - 0141-6421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-5457.1992.tb00878.x
Subject(s) - diapir , geology , norwegian , basement , extension (predicate logic) , structural basin , tectonics , danish , salt tectonics , fault (geology) , geochemistry , seismology , mining engineering , geomorphology , archaeology , geography , computer science , philosophy , linguistics , programming language
Koyi (1991) has described physical modelling experiments on the initiation of salt diapirism. He also compares his results with the results of an investigation of salt tectonics in the northern part of the Norwegian‐Danish Basin by Hospers et al. (1988). Koyi's comments on this investigation are not altogether favourable. Below, I intend to show that Koyi's criticisms are not valid, as they stem from a combination of: (1) built‐in features present in his models which limit their applicability; and (2) an incomplete understanding of the structural setting in which salt diapirism was initiated in the northern part of the Norwegian‐Danish Basin.