Late orogenic collapse and thermal doming in the northern Gondwana margin incorporated in the Variscan Chain: A case study from the Ozieri Metamorphic Complex, northern Sardinia, Italy

Gondwana Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 396-406

  Casini, Leonardo ^a   Oggiano, Giacomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extensional tectonics; HT LP metamorphic complexes; Post orogenic collapse; Sardinia; Variscan chain

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THINNING; DEFORMATION; DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FOLDING; GONDWANA; GREENSCHIST FACIES; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; SHEAR ZONE; THRUST; TONALITE;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

EID: 39649092077     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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