Simple-shear conjugate rift margins of the Argentine Precordillera and the Ouachita embayment of Laurentia

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1069-1079

  Thomas, William A ^a   Astini, Ricardo A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE;

CONTINENTAL RIFTING; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARLY CAMBRIANS; PLATE CONFIGURATION; PRECORDILLERA; RIFTED MARGINS; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SIMPLE SHEAR;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

LAURENTIA; PLATE BOUNDARY; RIFT ZONE; SHEAR ZONE;

ARGENTINA; PRECORDILLERA;

EID: 0032699805     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<1069:SSCRMO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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