Thrust-front zone of the Precordillera, Argentina: A thick-skinned triangle zone

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 359-381

  Zapata, Tomás R ^a,b,c,d   Allmendinger, Richard W ^a,e  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Marathon Petroleum Argentina   (Argentina)

^d Marathon Petroleum Argentina ^*  (Argentina)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; FAULT REACTIVATION; STRUCTURAL GEOMETRY; THICK SKINNED TRIANGLE ZONE; THRUST;

ARGENTINA, PRECORDILLERA;

EID: 0029752031     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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