What is the tectono-metamorphic evolution of continental break-up: The example of the Tasna Ocean-Continent Transition

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1849-1869

  Manatschal, Gianreto ^a   Engström, Anna ^b   Desmurs, Laurent ^c   Schaltegger, Urs ^d   Cosca, Mike ^e   Müntener, Othmar ^f   Bernoulli, Daniel ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cataclasite; Detachment faulting; Magma poor rifted margin; Ocean Continent Transition; Serpentinite gouge

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAK-UP; DETACHMENT FAULTING; MAGMA-POOR RIFTED MARGIN; SERPENTINITE GOUGE; TASNA OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION (OCT); TECTONO-METAMORPHIC EVOLUTION;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SERPENTINE; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

TECTONICS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CARBONIFEROUS; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DETACHMENT FAULT; JURASSIC; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33749009279     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2006.07.014     Document Type: Article

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