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Sandbox models with high-displacement thrust faults compared to features of some Canadian Rockies sections
['Philip Prince']
Philip S Prince, Geologist
Removal and transport of the horse occurred after the overlying thrust fault had already accumulated notable displacement–the horse is much closer to its own footwall cut-off than the leading edge of the green thrust sheet it to its footwall ramp. While the footwall of the Brazeau Thrust beneath the Ram River Anticline is generally intact and undeformed, the model’s thrust footwall hosts interesting upturned beds cut off by the thrust fault. Were the model a real thrust belt, drilling through the first anticline of the upper thrust sheet, through the thrust, and into the upturned footwall beds might be interesting, whether you’re into exploration or carbon storage.