A trishear model for the deformation of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Canada

The Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC), Canada, is an impact-induced layered sheet of crystalline rocks deformed into an asymmetrical fold basin, the Sudbury Basin. The basin geometry at depth is largely unknown as few attempts were made to quantify displacement and rotation of layer contacts. We propose that the dip of layer contacts and foliation surfaces in the southern SIC can be approximated by trishear fault propagation folding. Trishear …