Unraveling 470 m.y. of shortening in the Central Andes and documentation of Type O superposed folding

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 275-278

  Davila, Federico M ^a   Astini, Ricardo A ^a   Schmidt, Christopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Central Andes; Protracted shortening; Type 0 folds; Unconformities

Indexed keywords

COAXIAL-COPLANAR FOLDS;

DEFORMATION; MAPPING; STRATIGRAPHY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; FOLDING; UNCONFORMITY;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 0037344853     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0275:UMYOSI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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