Oblique half-graben inversion of the Mesozoic Neuquén Rift in the Malargüe Fold and Thrust Belt, Mendoza, Argentina: New insights from analogue models

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 839-853

  Yagupsky, Daniel L ^a   Cristallini, Ernesto O ^a   Fantín, Julián ^b   Valcarce, Gonzalo Zamora ^b   Bottesi, Germán ^b   Varadé, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b REPSOL YPF   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analogue modeling; Malarg e fold; Oblique inversion; Thrust belt

Indexed keywords

(1 1 1) ORIENTATION; ARGENTINA; CENOZOIC; CROSS SECTIONING; EARLY JURASSIC; FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; HALF-GRABEN; NORMAL FAULTS; RIFT SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL STYLES; STRUCTURAL TRENDS; SUBSURFACE DATA; TRIASSIC;

COMPUTER NETWORKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEON;

TECTONICS;

ANALOG MODEL; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GRABEN; INVERSION TECTONICS; LINEAMENT; MESOZOIC; NORMAL FAULT; OBLIQUE FAULT; RIFT ZONE; RIFTING;

ARGENTINA; MALARGUE; MENDOZA; NEUQUEN; SOUTH AMERICA;

CAPSICUM PUBESCENS;

EID: 45849096069     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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