Continental-scale rheological heterogeneities and complex intraplate tectono-metamorphic patterns: Insights from a case-study and numerical models

Tectonophysics

Volumn 279, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 327-350

  Tommasi, Andréa ^a   Vauchez, Alain ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Continental deformation; Inversion tectonics; NE Brazil; Numerical modeling; Rheological heterogeneity; Shear zones

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; METAMORPHISM; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONICS;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0031431246     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00117-0     Document Type: Article

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