The Rio Bravo fault, a major late Oligocene left-lateral shear zone

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-160

  Flotte, Nicolas ^a,d   Martinez Reyes, Juventino ^b   Rangin, Claude ^a   Le Pichon, Xavier ^a   Husson, Laurent ^a,e   Tardy, Marc ^c  

^a l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^b CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d AREVA NP   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Burgos basin; Gulf of Mexico; Oligocene left lateral fault; Rio Bravo fault; SW Texas

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; FOLD BELT; FOLDING; GRAVIMETRY; LARAMIDE OROGENY; OIL FIELD; OLIGOCENE; SHEAR ZONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE [NORTH AMERICA]; SIERRA MADRE; SIERRA MADRE ORIENTAL;

EID: 42549131890     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.179.2.147     Document Type: Article

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