Vestiges of an Ordovician west-vergent thin-skinned Ocloyic thrust belt in the Argentine Precordillera, southern Central Andes

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1369-1385

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ocloyic orogeny; Ocloyic thrust belt; Ordovician; Precordillera; thin skinned thrust belt

Indexed keywords

OLISTOLITHS; THRUST BELT; TURBIDITES;

CARBONATES; LIMESTONE; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BELT; BLACK SHALE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; GONDWANA; ORDOVICIAN; OROGENY; PASSIVE MARGIN; SUBDUCTION; TERRANE; THRUST;

ANDES; PRECORDILLERA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34547697886     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2007.03.018     Document Type: Article

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