Corrigendum to “The growth and propagation of synsedimentary faults”: [Structural Geology 25, 633–648

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The Journal of Structural Geology wishes to apologise forthe very long delay in processing this article to publication.Arising from this delay, the authors wish to refer to anotherarticle (Walsh et al., 2002) which, although submitted9 months later, was published 5 months earlier. Theirreference to the earlier published article is, for convenience,restricted to the final three sentences of this article, whichshould be replaced by the following paragraph.These observations are also consistent with a recentlydeveloped model for fault system evolution (Walsh et al.,2002), in which a large population of faults is developed atthe early stages of basin extension by initiation of new faultsand by rapid fault propagation (Walsh and Watterson, 1987;Cowie et al., 1993, 1995; Meyer et al., 2002). This phase ofgrowth is followed by a more protracted period in whichfault density approaches saturation and fault propagation isretarded by fault interaction (Morewood and Roberts, 1999;Walsh et al., 2002). During this stage, increase in faultlength is predominantly by the amalgamation of existingcoeval faults by fault capture and relay zone failure, whichwill ultimately lead to a localisation of strain onto adiminishing number of large active faults (Cowie, 1998;Walsh et al., 2001, 2002, 2003).New reference: Walsh, J.J., Nicol, A., Childs, C., 2002.An alternative model for the growth of faults. Journal ofStructural Geology 24, 1669–1675.Publication details of another article, previously referredto as Walsh et al. (2002), should be updated as follows:Walsh, J.J., Childs, C., Imber, J., Manzocchi, T., Watterson,J., Nell, P.A.R., 2003. Strain localisation and populationchanges during fault system growth within the Inner MorayFirth, Northern North Sea. Journal of Structural Geology 25,197–208.