Uploaded August 2015 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago

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Gravitational deformation of a tapering sediment pile atop a weak decollement. Addition of growth keeps the system moving.

Suggested reading:

Morley, C.K., King, R., Hillis, R., Tingay, M., and Backe, G., 2011, Deepwater fold and thrust belt classification, tectonics, structure and hydrocarbon prospectivity: a review: Earth Science Reviews, v. 104, p. 41-91.