Analytical solutions to selected boundary value problems and their application to Rocky Mountain foreland deformation

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dc.contributor.advisorBurchfiel, B. C.en_US
dc.creatorCouples, Gary Douglasen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-18T21:16:13Zen_US
dc.date.available2018-12-18T21:16:13Zen_US
dc.date.issued1977en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Airy stress function is used, via the Principle of Superposition and the series summation concept, to obtain stress states in a static, self-gravitating elastic beam subjected to boundary stresses. The boundary conditions investigated are more complicated than those previously published and include cases with sawtooth-, step-, and sinusoidally-shaped lower boundary loads, with and without additional tectonic end loads. Potential shear fracture (fault) patterns derived from the calculated stress fields indicate co-existing (simultaneous) regions of lateral shortening and extension. Application of three of the cases to the study of the structural geometry of the Wind River, Owl Creek, and Beartooth Mountains of Wyoming yields a good "fit." For the case of the upthrust structures, these solution provide a possible explanation for the observed rotations and zones of shortening and extension.en_US
dc.format.digitalOriginreformatted digitalen_US
dc.format.extent54 ppen_US
dc.identifier.callnoThesis Geol. 1977 Couplesen_US
dc.identifier.citationCouples, Gary Douglas. "Analytical solutions to selected boundary value problems and their application to Rocky Mountain foreland deformation." (1977) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/104013">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/104013</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalRICE1639en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/104013en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.titleAnalytical solutions to selected boundary value problems and their application to Rocky Mountain foreland deformationen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentEarth Scienceen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US
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