Strike-slip faulting and nested block rotations: Structural evidence from the Cordillera de Domeyko, northern Chile

Tectonophysics

Volumn 313, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 383-398

  Kuhn, Dirk ^a   Reuther, C D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Block rotations; Bolivian Orocline; North Chilean forearc; Pure shear deformation; Strike slip faulting

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; FOREARC BASIN; SHEAR; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONIC ROTATION;

CHILE;

EID: 0033492857     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00211-5     Document Type: Article

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