njnjlhojlonhl Tiddeman clearly recognized its significance. Dron (1900) later recognized a
similar Lower Carboniferous fault in Scotland, involving coal measures. In
the coalfields of western Germany, the existence and interpretation of complicated
growth structures became well accepted during the 1920s (Bottcher,
1925, 1927), and these concepts were later extended to oil fields in southeast
Europe by Stutzer (1930, unfortunately in Abstract only). By the late
1940s, growth faults were recognize
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Tiddeman clearly recognized its significance. Dron (1900) later recognized a
njnjlhojlonhl Tiddeman clearly recognized its significance. Dron (1900) later recognized a
similar Lower Carboniferous fault in Scotland, involving coal measures. In
the coalfields of western Germany, the existence and interpretation of complicated
growth structures became well accepted during the 1920s (Bottcher,
1925, 1927), and these concepts were later extended to oil fields in southeast
Europe by Stutzer (1930, unfortunately in Abstract only). By the late
1940s, growth faults were recognize
njnjlhojlonhl Tiddeman clearly recognized its significance. Dron (1900) later recognized a
similar Lower Carboniferous fault in Scotland, involving coal measures. In
the coalfields of western Germany, the existence and interpretation of complicated
growth structures became well accepted during the 1920s (Bottcher,
1925, 1927), and these concepts were later extended to oil fields in southeast
Europe by Stutzer (1930, unfortunately in Abstract only). By the late
1940s, growth faults were recognize
similar Lower Carboniferous fault in Scotland, involving coal measures. In the coalfields of western Germany, the existence and interpretation of complicated growth structures became well accepted during the 1920s (Bottcher, 1925, 1927), and these concepts were later extended to oil fields in southeast Europe by Stutzer (1930, unfortunately in Abstract only). By the late 1940s, growth faults were recognized in several countries, mainly as a result of coal mining or petroleum development. Growth faults are important in the Gulf Coast province of North America, and many of the “down-to-the-basin”* faults there are growth faults. They are commonly extensive, with a tendency to be curved in plan and to be generally parallel to the basin margins and the depositional strike. They may form en echelon. Locally they may be conjugate, forming graben. They are commonly associated with flexures (“roll-over anticlines” in the jargon) and with antithetic faults - both on the downthrown side (Fig. 2-2). In section, growth faults commonly flatten with depth, but may also be sinuous. They have been reported more commonly in post-Eocene beds in the Gulf Coast province, but they also affect Mesozoic and Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks. Much of what we know about growth faults has come from the Gulf Coast province because of the enormous and sustained drilling effort there, but emphasis on this province in the literature must not be taken to mean