Abstract
Restorable cross sections of foreland basement uplifts must contain faults whose curvatures are consistent with the relative slip and tilt between adjacent basement blocks. Cylindrical fault surfaces can explain the uniform dip of strata on the back side of foreland uplifts; local zones of shortening and extension occur in hinge zones above transitions in fault curvature. High-curvature fault splays form fault wedges of basement which ease the transition from thrust and reverse faulting of basement blocks to folding in the sedimentary cover. 20 references, 4 figures.
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