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Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Table 1 Displacement and shortening estimates from field-constrained horizons of the working basis cross-section. The shortening of bed-length was calculated using the top of the Portlandian sequence

From: Multiple detachments during thin-skinned deformation of the Swiss Central Jura: a kinematic model across the Chasseral

Distance

Method

Length (km)

Total displacement D

EA

11.0

Displacement d

EA

8.4

Displacement D–d

EA

2.6

Bed offset along thrusts

BL

1.7

Shortening from folded bed

BL

2.6

Total bed shortening

BL

4.3

  1. EA estimate from excess-area comparison, BL estimate from bed-length shortening, D total displacement, d displacement across the section front
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